Outside the Tabernacle Exodus 27

 

Exodus 27 – Outside of the Tabernacle

 

Outside of the Tabernacle we have the brazen altar and the brazen laver, both made of brass. Inside the tabernacle everything was made of Gold. As you get closer to God, the emphasis is on the person of Christ, As you move further out, the emphasis is on the work of Christ. The furniture of brass represents judgment of sin. The sin question is dealt within the outer court. No one can come into the presence of God until sin has been dealt with. Lev. 17:11. Sometimes the brazen altar is called the table of the Lord, and it is called the altar of burnt offering.  This is where God deals with the sinner.  It speaks of the Cross of the Christ.  Christ is our burnt offering. There is no approach to God except by the brazen altar.  There a victim must be sacrificed and must be claimed as the substitute. Man can not worship, pray, or serve God until he came to the brazen altar.  Every priest, Levite, had come to this altar.

Jesus Christ is not only the Lamb that died for us, He is also the risen Lamb.  The brazen altar stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle.  The Cross of Christ stands before Heaven. The shittim wood covered with brass speaks of His strength for sacrifice.  What a picture this is of the Cross of the Christ!

The fence that went around the outside of the tabernacle was covered with white linen all the way around.  It separated those on the inside from those on the outside. The burning light speaks of Christ.  Matthew 5:14 tells us: “you are the light of the world..” You and I do not make much light.  It is only the Spirit of God that can use us. God’s people are lights of this dark world. Be sure you keep your lamp trimmed and your light shining. Matthew 5:16.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.