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~ ##l SymD0l OF GOub
~ M ideal man, the
substance of the
shadows therein contained being ac-
curately and completely fulfilled In
Jesus of Nazareth.
This tabernacle, 1t will be remem-
Dered, was In three parts, answering
to the tripartite nature of man. 1t Is
also to be noted that there were three
kinds of light, one for each compart-
ment. The sun made radiant the
outer court, which, like the body, was
built on dimensions that are multiples
OF hve. The seven-brancned candle
stick, whose oil must be crushed la
boriously from the olive, and replen-
ished day by day, sent its Pickering
rays throughout the gloom of the cur
tanned inner court. But in the inmost
chamber, the holy Of HOLES, all re-
splendent with figures of the cheru-
BIN, there glowed that uncreated She
kinah glory Of God.
What have we here in these three
kinds of light but the symbols of the
three kinds of knowledge Of which
man is capable? Open to the light Of
day is the body with its five n
of sensation, knowing the presence
and character of Its environment by
myriads of nerve impulses. Then, cur
tanned In from the gaze of men, is the
soul with all its powers of reflection
and deduction, and the light at best
but Pickering and uncertain. But
what shall we say Of the spirit, that
inmost recess of mans being, away
beneath the plane Of his conscious
ness, the sinner man." the "heart" as
the Scriptures term II, where God Ia
wont to dwell and shed forth the glory
Of his uncreated light? For God himself
is light.
There are many to whom such use
Of terms Is utterly meaningless, and
yet there are those who know this In
ward glory. There is such a thing as
spiritual knowledge" which no
amount Of reasoning can ever attain
to, as 1t is written, "the natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit
Of God, for they are foolishness unto
him neither can he know them, for
they are spiritually dlscerned" Il Cor.
2:14).
1t Is this u Lord referred to when
he said, HE that followeth me shall
not walk In darkness, but shall have
the light of life;" and on another oc-
cason 1t was said. "In HIM was life
and the life was the light of men,"
It was this the apostle had In mind
when he prayed that his Ephesian con-
verts might be given the spirit of wis
dom and revelation In the knowledge
of him (God), the eyes of their under
standing being enlightened, that they
might know the hope of his calling.
and what the riches of his Inheritance
in the saints" etc.
This kind of knowledge, this radi.
nee Of the shekinah Of glory, cannot
be attained, but only obtained. 1t Ia
the gift Of God, yea it is God giving
himself to dwell in the childlike heart
who trusts him, and In the humble
that obey him, and in no other.
The object Of this knowledge is God.
and the purpose of this knowledge Is
to confirm what the Book of God says
about his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
The knowledge" which the indwelling
Holy Spirit gives to the humble, con-
trite believer is the knowledge of the
glory Of God In the face Of Jesus
1t is to answer the greatest
puzzle this world ever encountered,
'what think ye Of Christ, whose Son
Is he2" By the flicker of mans can
dlestick he can see no glory. He ls
just the son Of the carpenter. a splen-
ildly good man, the worlds peerless
but withal. only man. But
passing on into the holy Of
holes, daring to believe where II can
not understand, sees In that face
MARRIED more than the sons Of men"
he glory Of the eternal God. and In
he brightness Of that shining ex-
with rapture, MY Lord and
ny God"
1t was this the apostle had In mind
When he said, God who commanded
he light to shine out Of darkness hath
ihined In our hearts to give the light
the knowledge Of the glory Of God
q the face Of Jesus Christ" After
hat binding glory Of the Damascus
Dad Saul. the fierce prosecutor OF me
gazarene. preached before the veek
vas over from the text, Christ ID the
Of God"
ssThis Is life eternal that they might
now thee. the only true God. and Je-
u Christ whom thou hast sent