The Holy Place of the Sanctuary with Lampstand and TableBibleWorld
25:38Exodus 25:38
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
This detail belongs to the instructions for the golden candlestick and its accessories, requiring its tongs and snuffdishes to be made of pure gold. Those tabernacle-building specifications were given by Christ to Moses. The implements belonged to the seven-branched lampstand with its seven lamps.
In the earthly sanctuary the lampstand stood in the holy place or first apartment, on the south side. It was kept burning day and night and gave light continually, illuminating both apartments because the sanctuary rooms had no windows. Its light reflected from the gold, from the gold-plated boards, from the sacred furniture, and from the colored curtains, making the sanctuary appear glorious like a rainbow.
The pattern corresponds to the candlestick with seven lamps standing in the holy place of the temple in the Holy City in heaven, together with the altar of incense and the table of shewbread behind the first veil and before the second veil leading into the Holy of Holies. The golden furniture of the earthly sanctuary's first apartment reflected the heavenly sanctuary.
Paul repeated this specification chapter after chapter with Exodus 24, 26, and 27 to his fellow workers while working quickly and skillfully with his hands at tentmaking with Aquila, for his own benefit and theirs. The verse teaches that supreme honor is to be given to God and that the skill, genius, and wisdom used in the tabernacle work were given by God to be used for His glory. It gives a lesson in diligence and thoroughness in which intelligent mechanical labor preaches the gospel with the hands, keeps the worker in touch with God, and educates others in unity.
This detail belongs to the instructions for the golden candlestick and its accessories, requiring its tongs and snuffdishes to be made of pure gold. Those tabernacle-building specifications were given by Christ to Moses. The implements belonged to the seven-branched lampstand with its seven lamps.
In the earthly sanctuary the lampstand stood in the holy place or first apartment, on the south side. It was kept burning day and night and gave light continually, illuminating both apartments because the sanctuary rooms had no windows. Its light reflected from the gold, from the gold-plated boards, from the sacred furniture, and from the colored curtains, making the sanctuary appear glorious like a rainbow.
The pattern corresponds to the candlestick with seven lamps standing in the holy place of the temple in the Holy City in heaven, together with the altar of incense and the table of shewbread behind the first veil and before the second veil leading into the Holy of Holies. The golden furniture of the earthly sanctuary's first apartment reflected the heavenly sanctuary.
Paul repeated this specification chapter after chapter with Exodus 24, 26, and 27 to his fellow workers while working quickly and skillfully with his hands at tentmaking with Aquila, for his own benefit and theirs. The verse teaches that supreme honor is to be given to God and that the skill, genius, and wisdom used in the tabernacle work were given by God to be used for His glory. It gives a lesson in diligence and thoroughness in which intelligent mechanical labor preaches the gospel with the hands, keeps the worker in touch with God, and educates others in unity.