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Lesson # 3: Birth of Moses to Entering the Promised LandPage 15 Fifth Dispensation - Law1. Moses, the deliverer from bondage - EX 3:7-10 2. The birth of Moses - EX 2:2-10 3. Moses slays the Egyptian and flees to Midian - EX 2:11-15 4. God speaks to Moses through the burning bush - EX 3; 4:1-17 5. God sends ten plagues on the land of Egypt - EX 7:19 - 10:29 6. Blood applied to the door post - EX 12:1-36 7. Israelites cross the Red Sea - EX 14:1-31 8. Moses receives the Law on Mt. Sinai - EX 19 & 20 9. Plans for the building of the Tabernacle - EX 25, 26 & 27 10. Forty years of wandering in the wildernessPage 16 The Tabernacle1. The Tabernacle given for a figure (HEB 9:8-19); a shadow (HEB 10:1); examples-patterns (HEB 8:5; 1 COR 10:11; LK 24:44) 2. The divisions - Outer Court, Holy Place, Holiest of Holies 3. Holy Place - 10 x 10 x 20 cu. = 2,000 cu. or the "Church Age" 4. Holiest of Holies - 10 x 10 x 10 = 1,000 cu or the "Millenial Reign of Jesus Christ" - REV 20:4Page 17 The Brazen Altar1. A place of Death and shedding of blood, typifying Jesus Christ, our perfect Sacrifice - HEB 9:28; ISA 53:7; JOHN 1:29 2. Our bodies must be a living sacrifice - ROM 6:6; 8:36; GAL 2:20 3. Must go by the altar to enter Tabernacle - no way to enter presence of God except by way of repentance - ACTS 3:19; 1 JN 1:9Page 18 The Brazen Laver1. Priest must wash before ministering in Tabernacle; our sins are forgiven at the altar of repentance and washed away, or remitted in baptism - ACTS 22:16; 1 PET 3:20-21 2. Laver reflected image; repentant sinner sees himself before baptism - 1 COR 6:9-11; ROM 6:3-7 3. Last command to Moses - "Wash at the laver that ye die not," last words of Jesus - "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" - EX 30:20-21; MARK 16:16Page 19 The Golden Candlestick1. The light of the Tabernacle; Jesus is divine light - JOHN 8:12 2. The light of God reveals His mysteries - 2 COR 4:6; EPH 3:5 3. This light was to burn continually; we are the light of the world to burn continually - MATT 5:16; 1 PET 3:15Page 20 The Table of Shewbread1. Priest lived on this bread; we live by the Bread of Life - JOHN 6:32-35, 63; 1 PET 2:2 2. Shewbread to be continually renewed; Word of God must be continually renewed in our lives - JOHN 5:39; ACTS 17:11 3. Frankincense was sprinkled on the Shewbread; Word of God is sometimes bitter - 2 TIM 3:16-17; Sweet to the inner man - PSALM 119:103Page 21 Altar of Incense1. A type of drawing neigh to God in prayer - ROM 8:26-27; MATT 6:6 2. Fire for incense brought from Brazen Altar; our prayers must be backed up by sacrifices - JOHN 15:7; 1 JOHN 3:22 3. Incense offered daily; pray without ceasing - LUKE 18:1; 1 CHR 16:11 4. Three types of fire; destruction (Brazen Altar); inspiration (Candlestick); construction (Altar of Incense)Page 22 The Ark of the Covenant1. The Ark is representative of God's presence - EX 25:22 2. The Ark always led the people; the resurrected Christ will lead His people 3. The Veil was a type of Jesus' humanity - HEB 10:19-21 4. The Veil concealed the glory of God - 2 COR 3:13-16 5. Inside the Ark were the tables of the Ten Commandments, Aaron's rod that budded, and a golden pot of manna - HEB 9:4 6. Aaron's rod was a type of Christ's resurrection 7. The Mercy Seat was the Throne of God in Israel 8. The sprinkling of blood on the Mercy Seat changed the Throne of God from a judgement seat into a throne of grace - HEB 4:14-16Page 22 The Tabernacle is a type of the New Birth in the New Testament1. Furniture was in the shape of a cross; Jesus Christ fulfilled every part of the Tabernacle; we must also fulfill it by:(a) Repentance = sins forgiven by our sacrifice, Jesus (b) Baptism in the Name of Jesus = sins washed away (c) Receive the Holy Ghost = enter into the presence of God - JOHN 3:5; ACTS 2:38; EPH 1:13-142. Make sure we know the proper escape route
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