“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Luke 3: 16 John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah

The Glorious bride, the church in our soul – with The Holy Spirit as a pattern - Explanation

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we see that God told Moses to command the people of Israel to make the tabernacle, which is the dwelling place of God. Then the people, did not break the laws of the Lord but they obeyed, and everything needed for it, they brought offerings to the Lord much more than what was required.  But all those who were doing the work of this tabernacle were sons of God’s wisdom and prudence. Only because they were children of prudence in this manner, they did exactly what God commanded. Few days back we meditated regarding the explanations about this.  

For our inner man to be made holy and our soul to be anointed as the bride, the church by the Holy Spirit and to be filled with truth and for the kingdom of God to be seen filled with glory in our soul what God has showed as a pattern is the Tabernacle and the artistic designs that are being done inside it.

Also, in Exodus 38: 20 All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze. When we meditate upon this verse, the Holy Spirit, who is the bride is shown as a pattern as a God of truth. According to what is mentioned above, once the whole tabernacle was completed Exodus 39: 33 – 41 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; 

the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering; 

the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat; 

the table, all its utensils, and the showbread; 

the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light; 

the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door; 

the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base; 

the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 

and the garments of ministry, to minister in the holy place: the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister as priests.

According to everything that God had commanded Moses, the sons of Israel did all the work and completed it. Moses saw all the works. They had done everything according to what God had commanded. Moses saw that and he blessed them. Then God is telling Moses to set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. After that God is telling Moses many things about the tabernacle, which is God’s dwelling place, its inner model, its arrangements and regarding how it should be and regarding what all should be kept inside it and regarding all the deeds inside it God is telling Moses. We see that Moses is doing exactly according to what God told.

Ark of the testimony as the Father God’s word, veil as Christ, table as the heart of Christ and when we say in it the lampstands with lamps lighted as Christ, who is filled with God’s words and altar of gold means Christ who is interceding for us and screen for the door of the tabernacle shows the body of Christ.  Then the altar of the burnt offering means each one of us must set it before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting means we must burn ourselves before God and after that set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it means our heart should be submitted to God and that we must get ready for baptism and after that set up the court all around, and telling to hang up the screen at the court gate shows our faith.

Then our Lord God showed him anointing Christ and making us who are around him holy with a pattern using the work of the tabernacle. In this manner, we and all the things that we are doing for it to be good deeds he is anointing everything. Then all of us should take baptism by water and then the Holy Spirit is anointing us and is making us priests and to show this he is making Aaron and his sons to be washed with water, then he is anointing them with oil.

All these in Exodus 40: 1 – 15 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 

“On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 

You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the veil. 

You shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and light its lamps. 

You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. 

Then you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 

And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar and put water in it. 

You shall set up the court all around and hang up the screen at the court gate.

“And you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. 

You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy. 

And you shall anoint the laver and its base and consecrate it.

“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water. 

You shall put the holy garments on Aaron, and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. 

And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. 

You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

We can read these things in these verses. In this manner, the Holy Spirit, the bride the church in what manner he is being assured in us and how its glorious appearances will be is written till Exodus 39: 10 – 14 And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row; 

the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 

the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 

the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. 

There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes.

Then, using Israelites he is showing us as a pattern and then in our life all these experiences in all our souls, the experience of living water flowing, God reveals to John in the island of Patmos that the bride, the church as pure river of water of life, clear as crystal. He is the Holy Spirit. We must all attain him.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly

- To be continued