The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-26

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LESSON TExT-Ex. 40:1-18.
GOLDEN TExT-Behold tho tabernacle Of
God Is with men, and He will dwell with
them.-Rev. 21:3.
CENTRAL DEMONSTRATION through atone
ment, regeneration, the light of the Word
and prayer, 10 communion with the God Of
love, a perfect life, and q holy Heaven.
TIME-The tabernacle was being pro-
pared through the autumn and winter Of ID.
G. 1491 and was set up the last of March or
first Of April, D. G. 1490, year after leav-
ing Egypt.
PLAoR-The valley in front of Mount Sinai.
CoNNEcTIoN-All things having been pre-
pared as tho Lord commanded, Moses be-
gan to set up the tabernacle, to be the cen
ter Of the Israelites' worship. Hero Gods
glory appeared. Over it was the pillar Of
fire and cloud.
The ETABERNACLE-1. Rs sfze and shape: II was
90 cubits as feet) long, and 10 feet high and
wide. It was divided into two rooms by q
vail; the holy place was 20 cubits by 10, and
beyond it the Holy Of Holes, 10 cubits
square. @ It's structure: 1t consists Of three
parts-the tabernacle, strictly so called;
the tent, extending above to tho ridgepole
and cubits az feeD beyond the taber-
nacle on every side; the third part was tho
covering Of rams and badgers (probably
sealso skins over the tent to protect it from
the weather. The tabernacle proper was
made Of 4s acadia planks, each Is feet long
by "a inches wide. These were placed on
81 silver bases, each weighing 100 pounds.
1t was covered by fine linen, under the
"tent" For fuller descriptions, see Ex. 25:
1-OS. 4 IN For Of m
Heb. 0: 1-2S.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs-2. Tdber-
naclc Of the tent: see distinction above. 0.
Ark: q chest covered with gold two and
one-half cubits long by one and one-half
wide and high % cubit is twenty-one
inches). II contained tho tables OF the
law; hence, 1t was called tho "arlt Of tho
testimony" Over II was the mercy-seat
and the cherubim. Copcr tpth the rail: t. C.,
it is the Holy Of Holes, behind tho separat-
ing vail 4. Table: Of gold, placed in the
holy place. on tho north side, tho taber-
nacle facing cast Things upon G: tho
shew-broad (Ex. 1929, to show that our
souls must live on God; and tho dishes Ex.
37:16), a symbol Of communion with Him.
Cdadlestick: Of gold, with seven branches,
to give light, for there was no window. All
their light came from God. 1t was placed
on the south side. 5. altar Of gold: the
altar for the incense; n type Of prayer.
Placed between the candlesticli and table.
@. altar of burnt Offering: tho brazcn altar
for sacrifices, situated outside Of the taber-
nacle. z. The ldrer: of brass, for the wash
ings Of tho priests before performing any
service. Placed outside, between the altar
and the tabernacle. 3. The court: 100 cubits
by 80 Q75 feet by S7l2). The gates wero
made OF hangings Of curtains. o. AnOfnt-
fnO oil: o sacred oil described In Ex. 80:
$3.50, by putting on Of which any thing was
dedicated to God. A type Of tho Holy
Spirit
DESCRIPTIVE NorEs.-In this lesson is de-
scribed the articles of the tabernacle furni-
ture and their meaning. Begin with the
ark. This stood in the most holy place. In
it were the tables Of the law. Its cover was
called tho "mercy- seat" Between the two
cherubim that stood on the mercy-seat, God
said that He would manifest His presence.
The most holy place typified Heaven itself,
and the presence OF the tables Of the law
and Of tho mercy-seat set forth the fact that
justice and mercy are attributes OF the Di-
vine nature. In front Of the veil which
separated the holy place from the most holy
place stood the altar Of incense. Incense
typifed prayer. By the altar Of incense,
have set forth tho prayers Of the Lord
Jesus for His people. For as their High
Priest He interceded for them before the
presence Of His Heavenly Father In the
holy place there was also the table Of shew-
bread. Whatever else this may have rep
resented, it could not fail to remind US of
Him who said that He was the living bread
that came down from Heaven, and that by
eating OF Him we should have life. II re-
minded Israel that they could not live by
mama alone, but that their souls needed
food as well as their bodies.
Note, thus far all the articles Of which wc
have spoken are Of pure gold. They were
to be made Of this material because they
were intended to set forth things heavenly.
Gold typifies purity, absolute and incorrupti-
BILE. So far, therefore, we see no sign of
any thing but perfect purity. As soon, how
ever, as we come to the furniture outside
Of the tabernacle itself we find no more
gold. Every thing there Is Of metal
far inferior-viz.: brass. Outside Of
the tabernacle there stood the la-
yer OF brass. This was always
full OF water, and at 1t the high priest
washed himself The meaning of this was
that man needs the cleansing influence of
the Holy Spirit before he can bc presented
may readily see type Of that washing of
regeneration, Of which the Scriptures
speak. Before We can enter into the rela-
tionship Of peace with God, we must be
washed and cleansed from the taint of sin.
Finally we see the great altar of brass. At
this altar were offered oil the many sac
rifices OF bulls and Of goats Of which we
read. Here God, represented by the high
priest, first met with sinful man. No step
toward the most holy place was possible to
man unless first he had come to the altar
OF sacrifice; for without shedding of blood
there Is no remission Of sin. This is Gods
way, and there is no other way that leads to
God. Here, then, we find q type of Christ
as the sacrifice for sin. There Is no way of
reconciliation to God, except through
the "blood OF the Lamb" "Modern
Thought" on earth NAV think differ
emily, but heavenly thought throughout all
ages will express Itself thus: Unto Him
that loved US, and washed us from our sins
IN his own blood be glory and do
minion forever" (Rev. /: o, G. All these
outward things were but object lessons that
set forth some inward spiritual truth to the
worshiper. They were types Of things in
the heavens. For true understanding Of
their spiritual import, we 30 TO the Epistle
to the Hebrews, and there we learn that
they were all intended to set forth heavenly
things under the form OF earthly symbols
Material objects and human beings were
made use OF to show us the way Of access to
God, and the true way back into that para
disc which was lost by the sin of our first
parents. To sum 1t all up In o few words,
we may put it as follows: The road to
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