The main commission of the priesthood is to burn the incense on the golden altar (Exo. 30:7-8). First of all, in order for anyone to enter into the tabernacle and come close to God, he had to be a priest, one who is filled and saturated with God and who expresses Christ (that is, wears […]
Coming into God’s Light and Walking in it to have God as Light Shining in our Meeting
The service of the priests was to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people, to take care of the tabernacle with all its furnishings, to light the lamps in the Holy Place, and to burn the incense. Many Bible commentaries on the matter of lighting the lamps tell us that we need to be enlightened […]
We Need to be Holy Persons Filled with God to Light the Holy Lamps in the Holy Place
One of the functions of the priests in the Old Testament was the lighting of the lamps in the Holy Place; God ordained that the light has to be on all day and throughout the night, and it was the priests’ responsibility to make sure this happens. The details of this picture are quite interesting, […]
Lighting the Lamps in the Sanctuary signifies the Proper Way to Meet as Christians
The priests in the Old Testament did three main things: they offered the sacrifices (in the outer court), they light the lamps (in the Holy Place), and they burn the incense (in the Holy of Holies). Offering the sacrifices in the outer court was on the altar on behalf of the people; the people of […]
Being Filled and Saturated with Christ to Express Him and become God’s Dwelling Place
The Lord today desires to recover the universal priesthood of all the believers in Christ for God’s building. He wants that all believers would be restored to a normal situation according to the divine standard from a condition of failure, degradation, loss, and abnormality. We need to be open to the Lord in a fresh […]
Christ and the New Man as our Clothing is also our Dwelling Place as Priests to God
As believers in Christ, we are all priests to God, and Christ is our food, our clothing, and our dwelling. The priests were a particular kind of people who were set aside for God; they spent time with God, served God, and were infused with God to be mingled with God and express God. Their […]
The Significance of the Priestly Garments and their Application in our Christian Life
All believers in Christ are priests to God, and as such we need to have a certain kind of diet (Christ as the reality of all the offerings and as the bread of the presence) and we need to have a particular kind of clothing, something that will set us aside from the rest as […]