Category: Teaching

Receive the Cleansing Move on in Victory. Many times sin and failure cause us to withdraw from God in shame. In the Old Covenant, every transgression was an occasion of moving toward God and not away from Him. When we fail, we are to come TO God, offering Jesus as our trespass offering. In Leviticus […]

[Leviticus Chapter Four] Mercy is God’s First Response. In this chapter we come to the third kind of sacrifice, that of the sin or trespass offering. We have looked at the consecration offering and the peace or covenantal offering, now we come to the sin offering. The mention is made of “sinning in ignorance”. How […]

[Leviticus 3] Friendship with God in the Peace Offering. In this chapter, we learn about a form of sacrifice called the peace offering. In the peace offering, we are acknowledging that Jesus is our peace, expressing covenantal friendship with God even as Abraham did of old. The peace offering called for special handling of the […]

[Leviticus 2] Visiting God’s Bakery. In Leviticus 2, instructions are given concerning grain offerings are found. Often these were cakes mingled with oil seasoned in various ways. These offerings represent Jesus as the bread from heaven and tell us much about who he is to us and how He sustains the believer day by day […]

[Leviticus 1] The Sacrifice of Christ in Our Behalf. In this chapter, we see that the Tabernacle is completed, and instructions regarding the different sacrifices are handed down by God to Moses. Each one of these sacrifices is minutely described, and no deviation or variation of offering up is acceptable – on pain of death. […]

[Exodus 40] The Tabernacle is Erected, and the Cloud Descends. In the final chapter of Exodus, Moses washes Aaron and his sons to prepare them for service. The Ark and other items of sacred furniture are set up. Then the cloud descends to remain with and guide the people through the wilderness. All of this […]

[Exodus 39] Putting on Christ. In this chapter, we read of the priestly garments prepared for Aaron and his sons to serve in the priesthood. They speak of our service before the Lord as kings and priests unto Him. We wear the ephod of His righteousness to enter His presence for ourselves and others just […]

[Exodus 38] Outer Court Access Brings Inner Court Glory. In this chapter, the account of fashioning the Tabernacle of Moses continues. Bezaleel builds the Altar of Burnt Offering, the Laver for Washing, and other things that speak to us of the sacrifice of Christ and the place of His word to wash the believer in […]

[Exodus 37] The Furnishing of the Holy of Holies. In this chapter we observe Bezaleel as he constructs the Ark of the Covenant, the Table of Shewbread, the Lampstand, and the Altar of Incense. Each of these articles represent something of the work of redemption that Christ wrought for us on the Cross and also […]

[Exodus 36] . In this chapter Bezaleel and his helper, Aholiab commence the project of building the Tabernacle, it’s furnishings, and the priestly garments. For New Testament believers, the Tabernacle foreshadows who we are in Christ, and our connection to the broader scope of the Kingdom in our relationship to the community of faith called […]