Sanctuary Symbols

[Laodicea]

Psalms 77:13
(13) Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

There are many wonderful truths in the sanctuary and also there is prophecies within the sanctuary symbols and the 7 feasts. I will start with just a few symbols.
Exodus 27:16
(16) And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 26:36
(36) And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
Exodus 26:31
(31) And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exodus 26:1
(1) Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
Exodus 28:6
(6) And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 28:15
(15) And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

Blue = The Law
Numbers 15:38-39
(38) Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
(39) And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

Purple = Royalty
Song of Solomon 7:5
(5) Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Scarlet = Cleansing
Isaiah 1:18
(18) Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Fine Linen = Righteousness
Revelation 19:8
(8) And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

The Law convicts us of sin Romans 3:20=Blue
So we are invited to come to Christ Matthew 11:28, 29=Purple
So that He can cleanse us of our sin 1 John 1:7, 9=Scarlet
And clothe us in His righteousness Isaiah 61:10=Fine linen

[Avinu]

Beautifully done brothe Lao, I wouldn't even know what to add to that. That is awesome, that is a whole sermon all by itself.
As you know the fringes are called Tzitzits in hebrew, ציצית

And they are a commandment to where, they are actually the ONLY thing in the whole Bible where YHVH commands us to where something.

Thank you for this post, I really enjoyed it, the sanctuary, or Tabernacle sure was beautiful I bet. I've seen pics made of what it would look like and it's awesome. Shalom

[Laodicea]

Originally Posted by Avinu

Beautifully done brothe Lao, I wouldn't even know what to add to that. That is awesome, that is a whole sermon all by itself.
As you know the fringes are called Tzitzits in hebrew, ציצית

And they are a commandment to where, they are actually the ONLY thing in the whole Bible where YHVH commands us to where something.

Thank you for this post, I really enjoyed it, the sanctuary, or Tabernacle sure was beautiful I bet. I've seen pics made of what it would look like and it's awesome. Shalom

As you know brother the sanctuary is a big subject and while I have done much study into it I am sure there is more to learn so whatever you can add about the sanctuary or sacrifices and the meanings would be good. I was watching a show one time about the Hebrews and passover and they were explaining about the bread that it is not like we do in church but in something like 3 parts I cannot remember everything but maybe you know more?

[Avinu]

As you know brother the sanctuary is a big subject and while I have done much study into it I am sure there is more to learn so whatever you can add about the sanctuary or sacrifices and the meanings would be good. I was watching a show one time about the Hebrews and passover and they were explaining about the bread that it is not like we do in church but in something like 3 parts I cannot remember everything but maybe you know more?
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Well one thing is everything that started in the sanctuary/tabernacle all transfered over to the first temple. It was basically (which you probably know all this) the beginning of what the temple was to be. showbread, altar, altar of incense, Menorah, inner sanctuary where the Ark was and Yah's presence, inside of the tabernacle will all the furnishings, Then the court of the Tabernacle where the lavar, bronze Altar are.

Unless I'm forgetting something, the 3 parts of the bread thing is a rabbinical teaching. But passover is with unleavened bread.

Did I answer what you were looking for?

[Laodicea]

Originally Posted by Avinu

Well one thing is everything that started in the sanctuary/tabernacle all transfered over to the first temple. It was basically (which you probably know all this) the beginning of what the temple was to be. showbread, altar, altar of incense, Menorah, inner sanctuary where the Ark was and Yah's presence, inside of the tabernacle will all the furnishings, Then the court of the Tabernacle where the lavar, bronze Altar are.

Unless I'm forgetting something, the 3 parts of the bread thing is a rabbinical teaching. But passover is with unleavened bread.

Did I answer what you were looking for?

I cannot remember everything about it or much for that matter only that it was interesting how they explained it, can you explain about the rabbinical teaching?

[Avinu]

One more thing, the High Priest could only enter the inner sanctuary,(the Most Holy) once a year on Yom Kippur. That would be as you know when he would take all the sins of the people before YHVH.

[Laodicea]

Originally Posted by Avinu

One more thing, the High Priest could only enter the inner sanctuary,(the Most Holy) once a year on Yom Kippur. That would be as you know when he would take all the sins of the people before YHVH.

That is one of the prophecies connected to the sanctuary which the 2300 days prophecy points to.
Daniel 8:14
(14) And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

[Avinu]

[QUOTEI cannot remember everything about it or much for that matter only that it was interesting how they explained it, can you explain about the rabbinical teaching?][/quote]

What they would do is break the bread in 3 pieces, the third piece would be broken in half, called broken Matzah, then taken and wrapped it in a clothe and hidden somewhere. Then after the passover meal (also called Seder meal) and everthing was done that night, the children would go around trying to find the hidden piece, this piece of bread is called the 'afikomen' to symbolize the passover lamb.

[Laodicea]

Originally Posted by Avinu

What they would do is break the bread in 3 pieces, the third piece would be broken in half, called broken Matzah, then taken and wrapped it in a clothe and hidden somewhere. Then after the passover meal (also called Seder meal) and everthing was done that night, the children would go around trying to find the hidden piece, this piece of bread is called the 'afikomen' to symbolize the passover lamb.

That sounds familiar, on the show they went into great detail as to what it all meant, why it was wrapped in a cloth and so on.

[Avinu]

That sounds familiar, on the show they went into great detail as to what it all meant, why it was wrapped in a cloth and so on.
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In some families the children "steal" the matzah and are paid a ransom in order to get it back to the table. In other families it is hidden and the children search for it and are rewarded. Some Jews from Middle Eastern countries saw the afikomen as having special powers and kept a piece of it as a good luck charm.

Though the Passover lamb was central to the feast as described by Moses in the Torah, today there is no lamb eaten at Jewish Passover seders. Because after the destruction of the Temple the Passover sacrifice could no longer be properly made, and so lamb was no longer eaten at the feast. This last piece of matzah, called the afikomen, is substituted for the lamb: it even has to be eaten before midnight, just as Moses commanded, "You shall let none of it remain until morning" (Ex. 12:10).

[Laodicea]

Exodus 25:16-21
(16) And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony (10 Commandments) which I shall give thee.
(17) And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
(18) And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
(19) And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
(20) And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
(21) And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

Notice that the Law of God was placed inside the ark while the mercy seat was placed above. This is the Law and grace.
Psalms 89:14
(14) Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

[2knowhim]

The Tabernacle is a wonderful Place to come to KNOW Christ.

The Blessings and the Joy that comes in seeing Him in every detail,
Every number, every color, item, etc. is awesome. Then we see how He has fulfilled
it all, and we find out why He must needs go to...... or why He said
certain things, or done certain things as He was here in the Flesh.

It's Amazing.

The question is.....Can we see Christ in all these things ?




Blessings

[See_KING_Truth]

Originally Posted by Laodicea

Psalms 77:13
(13) Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

There are many wonderful truths in the sanctuary and also there is prophecies within the sanctuary symbols and the 7 feasts. I will start with just a few symbols.
Exodus 27:16
(16) And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 26:36
(36) And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
Exodus 26:31
(31) And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exodus 26:1
(1) Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
Exodus 28:6
(6) And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 28:15
(15) And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

Blue = The Law
Numbers 15:38-39
(38) Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
(39) And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

Purple = Royalty
Song of Solomon 7:5
(5) Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Scarlet = Cleansing
Isaiah 1:18
(18) Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Fine Linen = Righteousness
Revelation 19:8
(8) And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

The Law convicts us of sin Romans 3:20=Blue
So we are invited to come to Christ Matthew 11:28, 29=Purple
So that He can cleanse us of our sin 1 John 1:7, 9=Scarlet
And clothe us in His righteousness Isaiah 61:10=Fine linen

I am led to believe that this was a replica of God's throne in heaven that the Israelites were to construct.

[Avinu]

I am led to believe that this was a replica of God's throne in heaven that the Israelites were to construct.

Not quite my friend, read Ez. 1, it is the throne YHVH sits on, it is absolutely breath taking.

[2knowhim]

Heb 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Heb 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Heb 8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
Heb 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

[Laodicea]

Exodus 25:8-9
(8) And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
(9) According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

The sanctuary was made according to the pattern, the original is in heaven.
Hebrews 8:1-2(1) Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
(2) A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

The book of Revelation mentions furniture of the sanctuary in heaven.
Revelation 1:12
(12) And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation 8:3-4
(3) And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
(4) And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Revelation 11:19
(19) And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation 15:5
(5) And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

There is the 7 candlesticks, Altar of incense and the ark of the covenant. That means there is an original copy of the 10 commandments in heaven inside the ark of the covenant.

[Laodicea]

Candlestick
Exodus 25:31-37
(31) And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
(32) And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
(33) Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
(34) And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
(35) And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
(36) Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
(37) And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

Oil
Exodus 27:20-21
(20) And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
(21) In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

The lamps were to be kept burning every day. The priest was to fill the lamps with oil. The oil is symbolic of the Holy Spirit so Christ who is our High Priest fills us with the Holy Spirit so that the light may be kept burning

Matthew 5:16
(16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

[Laodicea]

Sanctuary in the book of John

Sanctuary symbol - upfront
‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us’
(1:14. Compare Exodus 25:8)

Altar of sacrifice
‘Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin
of the world’. (1:29)

Laver of water
‘Unless one is born of water and the Spirit he
cannot enter the Kingdom of God’ (3:5). ‘If you
knew the gift of God and who it is that says to
you ‘Give Me a drink’, you would have asked Him
and He would have given you living water’ (4:10).

Shewbread
‘I am the bread of life’ (6:48).

Lampstand
‘I am the light of the world’ (8:12).

Altar of incense of prayer
‘Whatever you ask in my name, that I will do … if
you ask anything in my name, I will do it’.
(14:13,14).

Most Holy Place
John 17 is the High Priestly prayer – it takes us
‘within the veil’ into the Most Holy place of
heaven.

[2knowhim]

I can't wait to see how you interpret The Most Holy place.

Beyond the Veil.

[Laodicea]

Leviticus 4:14-18
(14) When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.
(15) And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.
(16) And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
(17) And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
(18) And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The sin offerings represented Christ, why was the blood of the sin offerings brought into the sanctuary?