Christ the King June 18, 2017
Furniture for the Road II
“Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst”
[Exodus 25:8]
I. The Tabernacle furniture revisited
“Visual aids of spiritual realities” [Tremper Longman III]
II. Brief tour of the Tabernacle furnishings
A. Outer Court
1. Bronze altar [Exodus 27:1-10]
We cannot approach the Lord on our own—a ______is required
“Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins” [Hebrews 9:22]
Repentance is the ______to God
2. Basin for ______[Exodus 30:17-21]
We must be made ______in order to dwell with God
“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity” [Psalm 51:2a]
B. The Holy Place
1. Lampstand [Exodus 25:31-40; 27:20-21]
a. A symbol of the lights in the heavens
b. A symbol of the Word of God
c. A symbol for redemption
“Let your light shine, that we may be saved” [Psalm 80:3]
d. The lampstand points back--and forward--to the ______
e. A symbol of ______
f. A type of a greater light to come
“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light…” [Isaiah 9:2]
2. The table of the bread of the Presence [Exodus 25:23-30; Leviticus 24:5-9]
a. Bread is a symbol of ______in Scripture
b. Bread is a symbol of ______
3. Altar of incense [Exodus 30:1-10]
Incense is a symbol of ______
“Let my prayer be counted as incense before you” [Psalm 141:2a]
III. Ongoing ______of the furniture
A. Furniture of our ______
“You are God’s temple and God’s Spirit dwells in you.” [I Corinthians 3:16; 6:19]
B. Furniture for our ______
C. Furniture for our church
“Living stones are being built up as a spiritual ______.” [I Peter 2:5a]
These symbol are ______--Jesus is the substance to which they point
“All the promises of God find their ‘______’ in Christ” [II Corinthians 1:20]
IV. Jesus is the ______these symbols
A. Jesus fulfills the purpose of all the sacrifices--He is the sacrifice
“Jesus made a sacrifice for sins once for all when he ______up himself” [Hebrews 7:27]
B. Jesus fulfills the purpose of the basin
“The blood of Jesus his Son ______us from all sin” [I John 1:7b]
C. Jesus fulfills the purpose of the lampstand
“I am the Light of the world” [John 8:12]
D. Jesus fulfills the purpose of the altar of incense
Our High Priest who ______for us [Hebrews 2:17-18; 4:15-16]
E. Jesus fulfills the purpose of the ______
“This man receives sinners and eats with them.” [Luke 15:1-2]
The Lord continues to eat and drink with sinners as we ______His Supper
This is where we best recognize our Lord—the Bread of Life [John 6:35]
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