Tabernacle Insights

“And when he has made an end of the atoning for the [Most] Holy Place (sprinkling the blood upon the mercy seat), the tabernacle of meeting (i.e. the “Holy”, placing the blood upon the horns of the Incense altar), and the altar (i.e. the “Court”, placing the blood upon the horns of the Brazen...

“And Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of [the incense altar] once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement's; once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.” (Exod 30:10) Last in the line of reconciliation...

“So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. There shall be no man in the...

Our journey began in the ‘camp’ condition, even as it has been with all men that being with the exception of the Man Christ Jesus who alone was brought into this world, perfect and without sin. The ‘camp’, represents the state of all mankind, presently sinners all in need of atonement...

“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin-offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.” (Lev 16:15) “Both of these animals [the bull and the goat]...

“He (Aaron) shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some blood with his finger seven times.” (Lev 16:14) “And it was only a few days thereafter that he ascended on high and...

All the trials and difficulties which the Master underwent in laying down of his life preceded him as a sweet incense, a precious perfume, beyond the veil, into the Most Holy, as shown in the type.” (R 5712) Many students of God’s Word have erroneously assumed that the Apostle’s statement found...

“But while Jesus, as a "new creature," was thus within the "Holy," enjoying the light of the golden candlestick, fed by the bread of truth, and offering acceptable incense to Jehovah, let us look out into the "Court," and yet farther out, beyond the "Camp," and see another work progressing...

“Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil.” (Lev 16:12) “Looking through the type to the antitype, (that is comparing the typical ceremony to the reality) let us now...

“And Aaron (representing our Lord) shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’s lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.” (Lev 16:9) “The Lord’s goat (the one for whom the LORD’s lot fell) represented the entire ‘Little Flock’ of the Lord’s faithful followers. They are all alike; they all come...

The Second Atonement Day Sacrifice, the “Lord’s Goat” “And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.” (Lev 16:7, 8)...

The First Atonement Day Sacrifice, the “Bullock” “Thus shall Aaron (The High Priest) come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering…” (Lev 16:3) “Be it noted that our Lord Jesus was typified both by the bullock and the priest; that the bullock represented him as the man...

There are in fact two viewpoints of the Day of Atonement provided for us in the Scriptures, the first of which is describe in Leviticus Chapter 9 is taken from the standpoint of the flesh, from our viewpoint, while the other as describe in Leviticus Chapter 16 is as these sacrifices are viewed...

It is recalled that to God's ancient people there were appointed five great festivals, all of a pictorial or illustrative character: 1) The Feast of Trumpets -- welcoming the new civil year on the first of Tizri (September, October), one day only. The feast was of special significance every...

Continued from previous post. Since we understand the importance given to Moses in explaining every minute detail involved in the Tabernacle and its ceremonies, that every jot and title had to be exactly performed in the type due to the fact that it illustrated something greater and far more...

Continued from previous post. “You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.” (Exod 29:15) “The ‘ram of burnt offering’, (the first ram) pictured the identical consecration already portrayed in the sacrifice of the bullock, but from a...

Continued from previous post. “Then you shall kill the bull before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.” (Exod 29:11, 12)...

Continued from previous post. “You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.” (Exod 29:10) “Note that Moses, and not Aaron nor his sons provided the bullock for this occasion, the consecration of...

We continue from our previous post. “Then you shall take the garments (the Holy Garments), put the tunic on Aaron and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and grid him with the intricately woven band of the ephod. You shall put the turban (the “mitre”) on his head, and put the...

The Consecration of the Priesthood is found in Leviticus Chapter 8:1-36 NOTE: It will be noted that similarities exist between Exodus Chapter 29 and Leviticus Chapter 8 in regards to the consecration of the priesthood, the difference is merely that the first deals specifically with the...