Daily Bible Portion (Tuesday)
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"AND HE ASSEMBLED"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 35:1-38:20, 1 Kings 7:13-26, Hebrews 9:1-14)
The Most Holy Place - Exodus 37:1-9
The Ark: Yahweh works in our lives from the inside out, beginning first with our heart. It is the same with the tabernacle/mishkan. The Ark was made of acacia wood covered in pure gold. It contained the Ten Statements and stood alone in the Holy of Holies. The Ark represents our hearts seeking to walk in the lifestyle of the Messiah and joined with Him in Covenant.
The Mercy Seat: The covering over the Ark is commonly called the mercy seat. It is made of one piece of hammered pure gold. Its design speaks of heavenly things, namely Yahweh’s instruction for life, as well as Yeshua’s covering over us. The English word ark is equivalent to the Hebrew aron; the verbal root of which speaks of gathering. Keeping this word in context, we can understand the Ark to be the vessel or gathering place for the testimony of the Word of God, as expressed in the tablets. We identify with Yeshua as the Incarnate Word of Yahweh and thus the Torah as our covering.
The mercy seat was to be placed on the Ark from above. The mercy seat is translated from the Hebrew word kapporet, which is from the root kopher, which means to atone, cover, or ransom. This word is translated as propitiation in Romans 3:25. As it is with all words in the New Testament/Brit Chadashah, their meaning is established in the Old Testament/Tanakh (Genesis to Malachi). Yeshua’s atoning blood surrounds the principles of God, and only after this ransoming work of grace is placed on the Ark, is the heart of the Holy of Holies complete. The mercy seat is to be the place where the blood is to be sprinkled by the High Priest. The mercy seat and the Ark together form one vessel. His covering must precede our approach to God. This Ark, a furnishing in the singular, is God’s witness covered by His mercy. Torah and grace are intrinsically connected, just as the vessel and the cover form the whole, so too the Testimony and His covering form the whole message of the Good News called The Gospel. In other words: Torah without Yeshua is invalid and Messiah without Torah is lawlessness. Only when Torah and Messiah come together can there be truth/Life!
The two cherubim, made of one piece with the mercy seat, represent the two witnesses of the Messiah, the House of Judah (believers coming from the Jews – Age of Law) and the House of Israel (believers from the church – Age of the Messiah). Together they represent the Messianic Age. The two cherubim on the atonement cover represent two people groups who are facing each other in unity and bowing under their wings (a Hebrew idiom for talet), looking intently into the Word of Yahweh. They are a prophetic message of the two houses coming together as one in Messiah Yeshua in the Messianic Age – “and then all Israel will be saved” (Zechariah 4; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:8-10; Romans 11:21-27).
Yeshua, the very personification of Yahweh, atoned and covered our sin of disobedience once and for all. “We are justified freely by his mercy through the redemption that came by Yeshua. Yahweh presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith [obedience] in His blood” (Romans 3:24-25). It is here “above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony” that He meets with us face to face/ paniym - presence to presence.
It is interesting to note the two poles never left the ark and were not removed while Moses was in the wilderness or when the ark was in King Solomon’s Temple. This indicates that the ark was to be ever mobile according to the Holy Spirit’s/ Ruach HaKodesh leading and that it had not reached its final resting-place.
The Holy Place - Exodus 37:1-29
The Veil: The Holy Place was separated from the Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies) by a veil. It was this veil of separation that was torn from top to bottom when Yeshua died (Matthew 27:51). The torn veil represents circumcision of the heart. Yeshua broke off the chains of death that separated us from Him and opened up a way for us to walk out a redeemed lifestyle in Him. We are no longer under the law of sin and death. Rather, we are now free to enter into the Bridal Chamber by way of Yeshua.
Contained in the Holy Place were the Table of Showbread, the Menorah and the Altar of Incense. These could not be seen from the Outer Court. One had to enter beyond the veil in order to see and understand the ministries they speak of. The only entrance into the Holy Place was through a veil, and only priests who were consecrated could enter. This is why redemption of the soul is so important as only the circumcised heart can enter into the ministry of the Holy Place. Our walk and behavior must match our confession, for a lifestyle of holiness is still the way into the Holy Place.
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"AND HE ASSEMBLED"
(Weekly Reading>>Exodus 35:1-38:20, 1 Kings 7:13-26, Hebrews 9:1-14)
The Most Holy Place - Exodus 37:1-9
The Ark: Yahweh works in our lives from the inside out, beginning first with our heart. It is the same with the tabernacle/mishkan. The Ark was made of acacia wood covered in pure gold. It contained the Ten Statements and stood alone in the Holy of Holies. The Ark represents our hearts seeking to walk in the lifestyle of the Messiah and joined with Him in Covenant.
The Mercy Seat: The covering over the Ark is commonly called the mercy seat. It is made of one piece of hammered pure gold. Its design speaks of heavenly things, namely Yahweh’s instruction for life, as well as Yeshua’s covering over us. The English word ark is equivalent to the Hebrew aron; the verbal root of which speaks of gathering. Keeping this word in context, we can understand the Ark to be the vessel or gathering place for the testimony of the Word of God, as expressed in the tablets. We identify with Yeshua as the Incarnate Word of Yahweh and thus the Torah as our covering.
The mercy seat was to be placed on the Ark from above. The mercy seat is translated from the Hebrew word kapporet, which is from the root kopher, which means to atone, cover, or ransom. This word is translated as propitiation in Romans 3:25. As it is with all words in the New Testament/Brit Chadashah, their meaning is established in the Old Testament/Tanakh (Genesis to Malachi). Yeshua’s atoning blood surrounds the principles of God, and only after this ransoming work of grace is placed on the Ark, is the heart of the Holy of Holies complete. The mercy seat is to be the place where the blood is to be sprinkled by the High Priest. The mercy seat and the Ark together form one vessel. His covering must precede our approach to God. This Ark, a furnishing in the singular, is God’s witness covered by His mercy. Torah and grace are intrinsically connected, just as the vessel and the cover form the whole, so too the Testimony and His covering form the whole message of the Good News called The Gospel. In other words: Torah without Yeshua is invalid and Messiah without Torah is lawlessness. Only when Torah and Messiah come together can there be truth/Life!
The two cherubim, made of one piece with the mercy seat, represent the two witnesses of the Messiah, the House of Judah (believers coming from the Jews – Age of Law) and the House of Israel (believers from the church – Age of the Messiah). Together they represent the Messianic Age. The two cherubim on the atonement cover represent two people groups who are facing each other in unity and bowing under their wings (a Hebrew idiom for talet), looking intently into the Word of Yahweh. They are a prophetic message of the two houses coming together as one in Messiah Yeshua in the Messianic Age – “and then all Israel will be saved” (Zechariah 4; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:8-10; Romans 11:21-27).
Psalms 91:4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
Matthew 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Matthew 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Ephesians 2: 14-16 “For He Himself is our peace, who has made both [House of Israel and the House of Judah] one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation [the sin of dishonor], having abolished in His flesh the enmity [the death sentence], that is, the law of commandments [against the sin of dishonor] contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two [Houses], thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both [Judah and Israel] to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity [the guilt coming from the sin of dishonor]” (Zechariah 4; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:8-10; Romans 11:21-27).
John 11:51-52 Now this he [Caiaphas] did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation [House of Judah], and not for that nation [House of Judah] only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad [House of Israel].
Romans 11:25-27 “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel [House of Judah] until the fullness of the Gentiles [House of Israel] has come in. And so all Israel [all twelve tribes] will be saved, as it is written: ‘The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob [All twelve tribes of Israel]; For this is My [Marriage] Covenant with them, when I take away their sins [of dishonor].’”
Yeshua, the very personification of Yahweh, atoned and covered our sin of disobedience once and for all. “We are justified freely by his mercy through the redemption that came by Yeshua. Yahweh presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith [obedience] in His blood” (Romans 3:24-25). It is here “above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony” that He meets with us face to face/ paniym - presence to presence.
It is interesting to note the two poles never left the ark and were not removed while Moses was in the wilderness or when the ark was in King Solomon’s Temple. This indicates that the ark was to be ever mobile according to the Holy Spirit’s/ Ruach HaKodesh leading and that it had not reached its final resting-place.
The Holy Place - Exodus 37:1-29
The Veil: The Holy Place was separated from the Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies) by a veil. It was this veil of separation that was torn from top to bottom when Yeshua died (Matthew 27:51). The torn veil represents circumcision of the heart. Yeshua broke off the chains of death that separated us from Him and opened up a way for us to walk out a redeemed lifestyle in Him. We are no longer under the law of sin and death. Rather, we are now free to enter into the Bridal Chamber by way of Yeshua.
Contained in the Holy Place were the Table of Showbread, the Menorah and the Altar of Incense. These could not be seen from the Outer Court. One had to enter beyond the veil in order to see and understand the ministries they speak of. The only entrance into the Holy Place was through a veil, and only priests who were consecrated could enter. This is why redemption of the soul is so important as only the circumcised heart can enter into the ministry of the Holy Place. Our walk and behavior must match our confession, for a lifestyle of holiness is still the way into the Holy Place.
1 Peter 2:8-10 “They [the Israelites] stumble, being disobedient to the word [the Marriage Covenant given them by Yahweh through Moses at Mount Sinai], to which they [the Israelites with Moses] also were appointed. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” (Peter is quoting: Exodus 19:5-6 and Hosea 2:21-23 to bring identity to the people he is speaking with).
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