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It is another picture of the Atonement.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_795\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 209px\"><a href=\"http://www.finaltrump.com/wp-content/uploads/priest-incense-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-795\" title=\"Priest burning incense\" src=\"http://www.finaltrump.com/wp-content/uploads/priest-incense-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Priest burning incense\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priest burning incense</p></div>\n<p>&#8220;And Moses saith, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. 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Jesus revealed or caused his disciples to see him by making known his character—revealing him as the God of Love.</p>\n<p>It was in the same way that the Papal system was shown by Luther and others, and seen by many, as the Antichrist; or as Paul had foretold, that wicked system— the man of sin, was then revealed.</p>\n<p>Thus it is that Jesus, the head (now present to gather the jewels), is being now revealed to the living members of the &#8220;little flock,&#8221; though others know not of his presence.—Luke 17:26-30</p>\n<p>Thus also it will be in the Millennial day, when the complete Christ—the Priest —is revealed; he will be revealed only to those that look for him, and only those shall see him. They will see him, not by physical sight, but as we now see all spiritual things—Jesus, the Father, the prize, etc.—by the eye of faith. Men will not see the Christ by physical sight, for the same reason that they will never see Jehovah; because on a different plane of being— one spirit, the other flesh. But we (the little flock) shall see him as he is, for we shall be like him.—1 John 3:2</p>\n<p>But, though only those who look shall be able to recognize the Christ as the deliverer who will save them from the dominion of death, yet this will embrace all the world, for the manner of revelation will be such that ultimately all must see. Every eye shall see him; and all in their graves, being then awakened, even they that pierced him will realize that they crucified the Lord of glory. &#8220;He shall be revealed [In the sky? No!] in flaming fire [judgments], taking vengeance on those that know not [acknowledge not] God, and that obey not the gospel of Christ.&#8221; It will not take long for all mankind to recognize him under such circumstances. 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Then all, seeing clearly, may accept of him and have everlasting life; for &#8220;We trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe.&#8221;—1 Tim. 4:10</p>\n<p>This the types illustrate—&#8221;And as it is appointed unto men [Aaron and his successors, who were only types of the High Priest of the new creation] once to die [typically, as represented in the animal slain], and after this [following as a result of those sacrifices] the judgment [of God, manifesting approval or disapproval of the sacrifice], so Christ [head and body, the true, Royal Priesthood] was once offered [never will it be repeated] to bear the sins of many [\"every man\"]; and unto them that look for him, he shall appear the second time, without sin [not blemished by the sins borne, nor to repeat the sin-offering, but] unto salvation&#8221;— to give the redeemed life to all who desire it upon God&#8217;s conditions of faith and obedience.—Heb. 9:27,28</p>\n<p>Every time a Priest went into the Most Holy on the Atonement Day he risked his life; for if his sacrifice had been imperfect he would have died as he passed the second Vail. 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They do not realize that the sacrifice of the Day of Atonement is necessary before the glory and blessing can come. &#8220;The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now, waiting [though in ignorance] for the manifestation of the sons of God.&#8221;—Rom. 8:19,22</p>\n<p>&#8220;And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat, which, when all the people saw, they shouted and fell on their faces&#8221;—worshipped. This is the same thought expressed in another form. The fire symbolizes God&#8217;s acceptance; its recognition by the people shows that the world will realize the sacrifice and its value in God&#8217;s estimation as the price of their liberty from death and the grave; and when they realize it, they will worship Jehovah and His representative, the Priest.</p>\n<p>How beautifully these types teach a restitution, and a full ransom for all the people, and a blessing to come upon all. Nothing in the types seems to make a distinction between the living and the dead, and some may be inclined to infer that when the sacrifices of the High Priest are over, and the blessing commences, only those who are then living will be greatly benefited. But we answer, Nay, in God&#8217;s estimation the living and the dead are alike; He speaks of them all as dead; all died in Adam, and all the little spark of life which any man possesses is really but one stage of dying. It is a dead race because of the sin of Adam, and it will be a race justified at the close of the Day of Atonement, to the same life he enjoyed and forfeited; and all who will, may have back life, liberty, favor of God and all that was lost, whether they have gone all the way down into death, or whether they still linger on the brink—in &#8220;the valley of the shadow of death.&#8221;</p>\n<p>This is the object of the sin-offerings; to release mankind from the dominion of death and restore them to the perfection of being which is essential to perfect happiness and at-one-ment with the Creator. This is the blessing which comes to all the families of the earth through The Seed of Abraham. This is the good news which was preached to Abraham, as we read: &#8220;God, foreseeing that He would justify the heathen [all mankind—Gentiles] through faith, preached before the gospel [good tidings] to Abraham, saying, In thee, and in thy seed, shall all nations be blessed [justified]&#8230;which Seed is Christ [primarily the head, and secondarily the body]; and if ye be Christ&#8217;s [members] then are ye Abraham&#8217;s seed, and heirs according to the promise&#8221; referred to—viz.: that these may bless all the families of the earth. (Gal. 3:16,19) But the Seed must be complete before the blessing comes, as shown in the type just considered:—The sin-offering must be ended before all the blessings resulting can flow out.</p>\n<p>While the sacrifices of the people (Israel —the world) belong to the next age, and will then be presented to the Priests, yet in a certain sense this has a very slight beginning now. Thus it is that the worldly man possessed of wealth is in that sense a steward of God&#8217;s things, and can use that &#8220;mammon&#8221; and with it make for himself friends; that when this age of Satan&#8217;s rule is ended, and the reign of Christ commences, in which he shall no longer be a steward, then those whom he thus favored will bless him. If the worldly stewards of wealth (the mammon or god of this age) were wise, they would use more of their means thus. For whosoever shall give even a cup of cold water unto one of the least of these (Priests) shall by no means lose his reward when the kingdom of Christ is organized and its rule begins.—Luke 16:1-8and Matt. 10:42</p>\n<p>The restriction that the High Priest alone went into the Most Holy once a year to make an atonement should not be misunderstood to mean that he and the under-priests never went in thither during succeeding days—after the Atonement Day had made full reconciliation for sins. 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Military colleges studied the Entebbe raid of 1976. People marveled at the courage of storming a children&#8217;s house on Kibbutz Misgav Am in 1980 and killing all five terrorists before they could slaughter the remaining children. Israel launched a daring commando raid against a particular terrorist in Lebanon, coming under cover of night, killing him and getting back out without losing a man &#8211; a perfect surgical strike.</p>\n<p>Israel is responsible for declaring that terror can never be negotiated with, knowing that any such negotiations represent a slippery slope to defeat.</p>\n<p>But Israel has been languishing in recent years, infected by the same political correctness that is drowning the rest of the Western world. It just doesn&#8217;t seem to have what it takes to deal the proper blow to the terror in its midst. What with the 2006 debacle in Lebanon, and missing the opportunity to cut the head off one of these snakes in Gaza last year, Israel appears doomed to live with terror until it either destroys us or burns itself out &#8211; in 100 years or so.</p>\n<p>ENTER THE Sri Lankans. I think they have an answer, and I think Israel should listen to what they have to say.</p>\n<p>Sri Lanka used to be just like Israel. It had a perennial terrorist problem with its Tamil minority. For almost 30 years, organized bands from that community terrorized the nation, to the point where the country could not evolve. Navin Dissanayake, Sri Lankan minister of investment promotion, claims that it &#8220;could have been another Singapore if it had not been for that war.&#8221; Terrorism in Sri Lanka, as it did in Israel, held that country from progressing &#8211; progress which would have been good for Sri Lanka and the world.</p>\n<p>The Tamil Tigers , sometimes referred to by its full name, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), resembled Middle East terror groups. Actually, it is more correct to say that Middle East terror groups resemble the Tamil Tigers, as the Tigers introduced many of the techniques subsequently used by Israel&#8217;s enemies. They invented the suicide belt and perfected the suicide bombing attack, turning it into a tactical device. They were the first to use women and children in these attacks. And they have been accused of using their own innocent civilians as human shields. They are a vicious crowd, and were implicated in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi of India in 1991. As we all know, the Palestinians have imitated these tactics with devastating brutality.</p>\n<p>The Sri Lankans had more or less lived with this horror since 1983. Then 9/11 happened and a new dynamic, promoted by president George W. Bush and the United States, gave the Sri Lankans a new outlook. With a new administration elected on the promise of stopping the LTTE permanently, the country embarked on a full-scale military assault. It sent its army, much stronger than the Tamil tigers, into Tamil-occupied territory and began to take back town by town, going street to street in some cases, and killing anyone who resisted.</p>\n<p>Jehan Perera of the Sri Lankan Peace Council said, &#8220;This government has taken the position that virtually any price is worth paying to rid the country of terrorism.&#8221;</p>\n<p>The price paid was indeed a heavy one. Many innocent people died. The Sri Lankan government deeply regrets the killing of innocent civilians, but most government officials believe they made a conscious choice to pay that price, and that the alternative status quo was simply no longer acceptable.</p>\n<p>It was bloody and dirty, and they took a lot of criticism for it. The UN estimates that during the final months of fighting in Sri Lanka, at least 7,000 Tamil civilians were killed and 13,000 were wounded. But they also wiped out the scourge of terror, not stopping until total victory was declared last May. Today, Sri Lankans can once again walk the streets of their cities, visit the marketplaces and conduct business without the fear of being murdered in such gruesome ways that not even their loved ones can identify their bodies. It is a new dawn for Sri Lanka.</p>\n<p>Israel can take a real lesson from this experience. The threat facing the Jewish state from the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon is no different than the threat to the north of Sri Lanka, and its coastline into the south that the Tamils occupied before the Sri Lankan army began its war of elimination.</p>\n<p>THE TIME has come to admit that there might not be a solution to the Palestinian problem, but there <em>is </em>a way to end it. The next time terror forces Israel to take military action, this option should be considered. Israel must realize that there will be no peace with an intransigent enemy that refuses to act in good faith. Palestinian rejectionism and Iranian-backed Hizbullah threats to our existence will never be placated; they will not stop until Israel is destroyed. Once the population realizes this unfortunate reality, there is only one way to change it. 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src=\"http://www.finaltrump.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tabernacle.jpg\" alt=\"tabernacle\" width=\"255\" height=\"88\" /></a> The Tabernacle of old was to Israel, not only the symbol of the atonement, but was also the dwelling place of God among his people. It was built by Moses according to a pattern shown him in the mount. (Heb. 8:5; Exod. 25:40)</p>\n<p>We like to think of that ancient edifice as a symbol or picture of Christ Jesus, who, while on this earth, was virtually a tabernacle or sanctuary in which God dwelt by His Spirit. As Moses was required to leave behind him, his people—the nation of Israel—and ascend into the mountain (Exod. 24:18) to obtain this vision, i.e., to “see” the pattern according to which he was to build the dwelling-place of God—the Tabernacle among the people —so too must we respond to the invitation of God by consecration to separate ourselves from the “people of the land,” and climb the “mountain of spirituality” in order to obtain from God that vision of Christ Jesus, according to which we too are to build our “tabernacles” to be the dwelling-places of God among the people. (See 1 Cor. 3:16.)</p>\n<p>The Tabernacle of God is in 1 Sam. 3:3 called “the temple of the LORD.”</p>\n<p>“The Tabernacle of the Lord, in this study styled the Temple, was located at Shiloh, a few miles north of Jerusalem. The priest in charge was Eli.”</p>\n<p>“The Apostle speaks of each body, each member of the new creation, as a Temple, a Tabernacle, in which for the time being the holy Spirit dwells. From this standpoint we should be careful to have our bodies as clean, as pure, as holy as possible. We cannot transform our flesh to make perfect that which was born in sin and shapen in iniquity, but in proportion as the holy Spirit is received by us and in proportion as it has the control of us, in that same proportion there will be a gradual transforming power of the holy Spirit to work in us to will and to do God’s good pleasure . . .“We firmly believe that all who receive that grace of God into good and honest hearts will surely experience a cleansing work—that the Truth will tend to make them cleaner physically as well as mentally. We are not advocating outward cleanliness as godliness, but an inward cleanliness which will do all it can to accomplish an outward cleansing. And very generally it succeeds—the filthiness of the flesh in various senses of the word begin to disappear. In proportion as the spirit of righteousness and truth and love enter into the heart, filthy words, filthy conduct, filthy habits, filthy appearance, all begin to come under the control of the transformed mind.”</p>\n<p>As Moses, so that he might receive an indelible imprint of the “pattern” upon his heart and mind, was in the presence of Jehovah God forty days and forty nights during which he fasted—for he neither ate nor drank (Exod. 48:18; Deut. 29:9)—so likewise must we “fast” from all such “food” and “drink” as are common, i.e., natural, for the natural man. Moses fasted for forty days and forty nights; but the period of our “fasting” is for the full period of our consecration to God.</p>\n<p>“We remind our readers . . . that there are other appetites besides for food and drink which may properly be considered in connection with this matter of fasting—all the various desires of the flesh need restraining, and such self-restraint and the bringing of our minds, our thoughts, our words, our conduct and our food under such restraints as will be most beneficial to us as new creatures in Christ, is the very essence and spirit of true fasting, and such fasting will surely bring a blessing and permit a closer approach to the Lord and a keener realization of his love and favor.”</p>\n<p>“The pattern of the Tabernacle was delivered by God to Moses. (Exod. 25:9, 40) Bezaleel and Aholiab were the chief constructors, and it is said (Exod. 31:3–6) that they and the other workmen were filled with the spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, to make all that God had commanded. The people so freely offered for the service of the work, that they had to be restrained from bringing. The stuff was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. (Exod. 36:6,7) The tabernacle with all its furniture was brought to Moses when complete, and on the first day of the first month of the second year . . . he reared it up and finished the work. (Exod. 40:2,17) When the whole building was set in order, the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting and the glory of the LORD filled the Tabernacle. (Exod. 40:34) The cloud, the token of the Divine Presence, had the appearance of a fire by night and by its rising from or abiding on the Tent, determined the journeyings encampments of the children of Israel. (Num. 9:17,18) The Tabernacle accompanied the children of Israel during their wanderings in the desert, and in the different stages of the conquest of the land of Canaan. The conquest complete, it was fixed in Shiloh as the place which the LORD had chosen. (Josh. 18:1) Here we find it in the earliest (Judges 18:31) and latest days of the Judges (1 Sam. 1:3). At the time of the capture of that ark God forsook the Tabernacle, and the Tabernacle was removed from Shiloh. We find it some years later with its priests and its table of shewbread at Nob (1 Sam. 21:1), and in Solomon’s reign with its altar of burnt-offering and ministered at by Zadok the high priest at Gibeon (1 Chron. 16:39,40). After the building of the Temple it entirely disappears from the history.” (<em>The Cambridge Companion of the Bible</em>, p. 395)</p>\n<p>“A state of things which was rapidly assimilating the worship of Jehovah to that of Ashtaroth, or Mylitta, needed to be broken up. The Ark of God was taken, and the Sanctuary lost its glory: and the Tabernacle, though it did not perish, never again recovered it. (1 Sam. 4:22) Samuel treats it as an abandoned shrine, and sacrifices elsewhere, at Mizpah (1 Sam. 7:9), at Ramah (1 Sam. 9:12; 10:3), at Gilgal (1 Sam. 10:8; 11:15). It probably became once again a movable sanctuary. For a time it seems, under Saul, to have been settled at Nob. (1 Sam. 21:1–6) The massacre of the priests and the flight of Abiathar must, however, have robbed it yet further of its glory. It had before lost the Ark: it now lost the presence of the high priest. (1 Sam. 22:20; 23:6) What change of fortune then followed we do not know. In some way or other, it found its way to Gibeon. (1 Chron. 16:39) The anomalous separation of the two things, in the original order, had been joined, brought about yet greater anomalies; and, while the Ark remained at Kirjath-jearim, the Tabernacle at Gibeon connected itself with the worship of the high places. (1 Kings 3:4) The capture of Jerusalem, and the erection there of a new Tabernacle, with the Ark, of which the old had been deprived (2 Sam. 6:17; 1 Chron. 15:1) left it little more than a traditional, historical sanctity. It retained only the old altar of burnt-offerings. (1 Chron. 21:9)” (Smith, <em>Dictionary of the Bible</em>, “Tabernacle”)</p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Symbolism of the Colors</span></h2>\n<p>WHITE bespeaks the fullness of light. It embodies all colors. It symbolizes sinlessness, i.e. righteousness and purity (Rev. 19:8) and by extension, also light, truth and life.</p>\n<p>“Under the symbol of white raiment the Lord throughout his Word represents the righteousness of those whom He accepts as His people. Their righteousness in the future state will be personal righteousness or holiness.”</p>\n<p>BLUE is the color of the heavens when the sun is present in them. But let the sun depart, and these heavens become dark; and were it not for the light of the distant stars (suns) and at times of the moon, they would at such times be absolutely black. The blue then is the result of a most favorable reaction on the part of the heavens to light, to the presence of the sun. So too, the most favorable reaction a saint of God can give to the light and presence of the TRUTH is faithfulness. By this token, blue—the heavenly color—becomes a most apt symbol of faithfulness.</p>\n<p>“The Hebrew word rendered blue is primarily the name of a shell-fish, and derivatively of the dye yielded by it. As the word is nowhere in the Old Testament affixed to any of the hues of nature, we look in vain to the  Hebrew Scriptures for aid in determining whether it is correctly rendered`blue.’ Its equivalent in the Septuagint is a word applied by the ancients to the clear firmament and the deep sea. Philo and Josephus agree with the Septuagint in the selection of a Greek equivalent, and testify that the color intended is that of the sky. We are to understand, however, a darker sky than that of New England or Old England; for in the lands of the Bible the atmosphere is clearer, and the firmament consequently deeper and darker, than in moister climates. There are days when even in northern latitudes the transparency of the sky seems to extend to an infinite depth . . . “The fact that the ancients attributed the same hue both to the firmament and to the sea, also indicates that, when speaking of the heavens as blue, they had in mind a very dark shade of the color, such as reflected from the peculiarly saline waters of the Mediterranean.” (Atwater, <em>The Sacred Tabernacle of the Hebrews</em>, ppg. 211, 212)</p>\n<p>“Blue implies faith. The very heavens cast this beautiful color into the eyes of all observers, and that while they reflect on the importance of a faithful law-giver. The necessity of maintaining full control of the stellar system is evidenced when we are told that the system containing more than a thousand million suns with their satellites is traveling at about twelve miles a second through space, and yet order and harmony are so accurate that positions and eclipses may be gauged thousands of years apart with perfect accuracy. `Thy faithfulness,’ says the Psalmist, `shalt thou establish in the very heavens.’ (Psa. 89:2)” (Frederick Lardent)</p>\n<p>“The robe of blue of one piece shows his heavenly nature (blue is the color of the peaceful heavens).”</p>\n<p>SCARLET is the color of the shed blood which by the typical priests was sprinkled on and before the Mercy seat to bring in atonement for the sins of the people. It is a most fitting symbol of the sacrifice unto death. In the instance of Jesus, reference is, of course, to the RANSOM SACRIFICE whereby the atoning merit was supplied. It is very significant that the Hebrew text in Exod. 25:4, etc., where the translators have rendered it `scarlet’ is made of two words which literally translated mean `scarlet of a worm.’ This particular worm, by being crushed to death, furnished with its lifeblood the prescribed dye for the scarlet thread used in connection with the Tabernacle and its ritual. In Psa. 22:6, David speaking as it were for the ‘man of sorrows and acquainted with grief’ cries out, “I am a worm, and no man.” Thus was Jesus crushed, until on the cross of Calvary he cried, “It is finished” and bowing his head he died.—John 19:30 The Church too, has entered into a covenant of sacrifice with Jehovah, and like unto Jesus, her consecration is also unto death. And by God’s grace her ‘daily dying’ (1 Cor. 15:31) is accounted as the making up of that which is left behind of the afflictions of Christ, for the body’s sake. (Col. 1:23,24) Thus in faithfulness unto death—though supplying no ransom or atoning merit—she nevertheless, secures for herself the right and privilege to become the channel of that merit (of Christ’s Ransom Sacrifice) unto the world. Truly, we are baptized for the dead!</p>\n<p>“In the Hebrew, this word `worm’ is <em>Tolaheth Shane</em>, and means `scarlet worm.’ It refers to certain worms gathered in the Arabian peninsula, for the purpose of producing a beautiful scarlet color of dye, with which the Orientals, at the time of Moses, the Israelites also, were accustomed to color their garments. Some of the furnishings of the tabernacle in the wilderness, and part of the vail, were this bright crimson color.</p>\n<p>“The blood of the red or scarlet worm was different than the blood of other worms, also different than the blood of human beings, in that it would neither coagulate nor change color . . .</p>\n<p>“In order to get the blood of these scarlet worms, the Orientals would take a mortar and crush them, and then dip their garments or curtains into the blood, and the fabrics would come out a most beautiful scarlet hue.</p>\n<p>“The red worms had a certain monetary value, but it was only because their blood was useful as a dye; and consequently, they were worthless, as far as a dye was concerned, unless their blood was taken from them.</p>\n<p>“This meant a crushing process—a squeezing out of every drop of blood, every bit of life. In a word it meant death! While the scarlet worms were alive, naturally their blood could not be used to color fabrics, but when death came their blood was available. Jesus, before his death, was God’s potential sacrificial Lamb, but not until his blood was shed did he atone for the sins of the world.” (Bostrom, <em>The Scarlet Worm</em>)</p>\n<p>PURPLE is the color with which the royalty of ancient times arrayed itself; so too, the Caesars of a later day. It accordingly becomes the symbol of royalty. It is interesting to note that purple results from the blending of blue with scarlet. (These three colors are frequently in combination in the curtains, veils, and garments of the typical priesthood.) Symbolically, this seems to betoken that faithfulness (blue) unto death (scarlet) by which the anti-typical priesthood—Christ and his Church —attain unto the royalty (purple) of the kingdom. “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.” (Rev. 5:12; 2:10)</p>\n<p>It will undoubtedly have been noted that the order in which the colors blue, purple, and scarlet is set forth is always the same. (See Exod. 25:4; 26:1,31,36; 27:16; 28:5,6,8,15; 35:6,23,25; 36:8,35,37; 38:18,23; 39:1,2,3,5, 8,24,29) This does not necessarily imply that this was the specific order in which they were to be woven into the fabric so long as the three were all finally included.</p>\n<p>Since the blending of the blue and the scarlet produces purple, it was appropriate that the covering cloth for the altar of burnt-offering was purple (Num. 4:13) to testify to this fact, that Jesus had been faithful unto death, and that for this God had highly exalted him to the royalty of the Kingdom!</p>\n<p>“Wherefore God . . . hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.” (Phil. 2:9)</p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Symbolism of the Metals</span></h2>\n<p>GOLD is the most precious of all the ancient metals—the first and the last to be mentioned in the Bible—and is the symbol of that which is divine, and more specifically the divine nature itself. (Tabernacle Shadows pg 18)</p>\n<p>“The metal is mentioned throughout the Scriptures in connection with things divine: the golden vials, the golden lampstand, the golden table of shewbread, the golden altar of incense, the golden crown, the golden breastplate with its precious jewels; also the ark of the testimony with its lid and cherubim of fine beaten gold.” (Frederick Lardent)</p>\n<p>SILVER is the symbol of truth in general, but perhaps more specifically that TRUTH which centers and deals with the RANSOM—the redemption accomplished in Christ Jesus. (Tabernacle Shadows pg 114) The Tabernacle’s 100 sockets which supported the whole structure were made of silver—the ransom or redemption money paid as a poll tax by the Israelites. (Exod. 30:12–16; 38:25–27)</p>\n<p>COPPER, While most all metals in a pure and unoxidized state have a silvery luster, copper is the exception—its color approaching most nearly that of gold. It is a symbol of that human nature possessed by Adam and wherein he was created ‘in the image’ and likeness of God, thus of human perfection.</p>\n<p>“Most of the metals have a silvery color . . . Two exceptions are gold, which has a yellow color, and copper, which has a red color. . . . [Copper] soon obtains a protective coating of oxide, which gives it a reddish-brown color. . . . In moist air, water and carbon dioxide cause copper to form a coating of verdigris, a green basic copper carbonate. . . . When these coatings adhere firmly to the metal, they protect the metal from further corrosion.” (Fliedner &amp; Teichman, <em>Chemistry, Man’s Servant</em>, ppg. 366, 423, 459)</p>\n<p>Adam’s original knowledge concerning sin was more or less theoretical. However, he soon learned concerning it from the practical standpoint when, as a result of it, he suffered death (dying, with all of its concomitant evils). Perhaps this practical knowledge, which will remain his after his regeneration, will serve (as does the verdigris to the copper, preventing further corrosion) as a preventative against contamination throughout all of his future existence.</p>\n<p>“Still, God designed to permit evil because, having the remedy provided for man’s release from its consequences, He saw that the results would be to lead him, through experience, to a full appreciation of `the exceeding sinfulness of sin’ and of the matchless brilliancy of virtue in contrast with it—thus teaching him the more to love and honor his Creator, who is the source and fountain of all goodness, and forever to shun that which brought so much woe and misery.” Copper represents the human nature in its perfection.</p>\n<p>“The word <em>nechosheth </em>is improperly translated by `brass’ since the Hebrews were not acquainted with the compound of copper and zinc known by that name. In most places of the O.T. the correct translation would be copper, although it may sometimes possibly mean bronze, a compound of copper and tin. Indeed a simple metal was obviously intended, as we see from Deut. 8:9, 33:25, and Job 28:2. Copper was known at a very early period, and the invention of working it is attributed to Tubal-cain (Gen. 4:22).” (Smith, <em>Dictionary of the Bible</em>, “Brass”)</p>\n<p>We know that man in his original creation was absolutely perfect until he fell into sin, and that Jesus in order to redeem him had to be an exact corresponding price for him. This was reflected by the “copper serpent” (of a pure metal, not an alloy) that was suspended on the pole for the “bitten ones” to look at, and by so doing were made whole. (Num. 21:6–9) Of course the serpent symbolized sin, but who will deny that in some way that `brazen serpent’ must have represented the sinless Christ Jesus: for is it not by looking upon him who was hanged (lifted up) upon the cross, that all who will are healed?</p>\n<p>“The serpent on the pole represented Christ on the cross. True, the serpent represents sin, vileness, evil, pain, suffering; while our Lord Jesus could be our Redeemer only because he was holy, harmless, separate from sinners (Heb. 7:26) . . . The serpent represented the atonement transaction better than any other emblem could . . . &#8216;He was made sin for us’—treated as the one in whom centered the sin of the whole world.”</p>\n<p>“The lesson outlined in the type is that not only was it necessary that Christ should die for our sins, but that none could be saved through his death except by looking unto him, exercising faith in the merit of his great atonement- sacrifice.”</p>\n<p>“Adam, the name which is given in Scripture to the first man. The term apparently has reference to the ground from which he was formed, which is called in the Hebrew <em>Adamah</em>. The idea of redness of color seems to be inherent in either word.” (Smith, <em>Dictionary of the Bible</em>)</p>\n<p>It is possible, also, that man in his original creation—in the blush of health —had a more ruddy complexion than he has today—the redness of his blood evidencing itself through the delicate, but immaculately perfect texture of his skin! Strong’s Concordance defines word #119 (‘âdam) as “to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy.” Be this as it may, he was created after the image of God, and after his likeness held dominion.</p>\n<p>“Let us make man in our image. . . . God created man in his image.” (Gen. 1:26,27)</p>\n<p>God is a free moral agent; so too, is man. But the image of God in man lies more particularly in the fact that he has: “Similarly mental powers of reason, memory, judgment and will, and moral qualities of justice, benevolence, love, etc. ‘Of the earth, earthy,’ he was an earthly image of a spiritual being, possessing qualities of the same kind, though differing widely in degree, range and scope.”</p>\n<p>Thus, since gold—yellowish in color—is the accepted symbol for God and His divine nature, then, copper—yellowish-red (not reddish yellow)—is a most apt symbol for man, who though human in nature, was nevertheless created in God’s image.</p>\n<p>“It is noticeable that all the furniture inside the Tabernacle was of gold, or covered with gold, while in the ‘Court’ everything was of copper . . . These two metals, gold and copper, were used, we think, to represent two different natures—copper, representing the human nature in its perfection, a little lower than the angelic nature; and gold representing the divine nature, far above angels, principalities and powers. As gold and copper are much alike in appearance, yet different in quality, so the human nature is an image and likeness of the divine, adapted to earthly conditions.” (Tabernacle Shadows pg 17)</p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Source and Use of the Materials</span></h2>\n<p>“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; <strong>gold</strong>, and <strong>silver</strong>, and brass [<strong>copper</strong>], and <strong>blue</strong>, and <strong>purple</strong>, and <strong>scarlet</strong>, and fine <strong>linen</strong>, and <strong>goats’ hair</strong>, and <strong>rams’ skins </strong>dyed red and badgers’ [<strong>seals’</strong>] <strong>skins</strong>, and <strong>shittim wood</strong>, <strong>oil </strong>for light, <strong>spices </strong>for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, <strong>onyx </strong>stones, and <strong>stones </strong>to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.” (Exod. 25:2–7; see also 35:5–9)</p>\n<p>This is the list of materials requested of the children of Israel by Jehovah God for the Tabernacle which was to be built as a dwelling place for Him among His people. In the course of time more than enough material was brought so that orders had to be given that no further contributions should be made. (Exod. 36:5–7) This is how these materials were used:</p>\n<p>GOLD — 29 talents, 730 shekels (Exod. 38:24) Altar (incense) &#8230;its rings Exod. 30:1–4; 37:25–27 &#8230;its staves Exod. 30:4,5; 37:27,28 Ark &#8230;its rings Exod. 25:10–12; 37:2,3 &#8230;its mercy seat Exod. 25:17,18; 37:6,7 &#8230;its staves Exod. 25:13; 37:4 Boards &#8230;their rings Exod. 26:29; 36:34 &#8230;their bars Exod. 26:29; 36:34 Candlestick &#8230;its lamps Exod. 25:31,37; 37:17,23 &#8230;its appurtenances Exod. 25:38; 37:23 High Priest Garments &#8230;bells Exod. 28:33,34; 39:25 &#8230;Breastplate, rings &amp; chains Exod. 28:15–27; 39:8–16,19 &#8230;Ephod—its rings Exod. 28:6,27; 39:2,20 —its curious girdle Exod. 28:8; 39:5</p>\n<p>—and shoulderpieces Exod. 28:(7); 39:(4) &#8230;Ouches—breastplate Exod. 28:(20); 39:13 —shoulderpieces Exod. 28:11,13; 39:6,16 &#8230;Plate (crown) Exod. 28:36; 39:30 Pillars (door) overlaid Exod. 26:37; 36:(38) —their hooks Exod. 26:37; 36:(38)</p>\n<p>—their chapiters Exod. 36:38 —their fillets Exod. 36:38 —(vail) overlaid Exod. 26:32; 36:36 —their hooks Exod. 26:32; 36:36 Table &#8230;its rings Exod. 25:23–26; 37:10,11,13 &#8230;its dishes, etc. Exod. 25:29; 37:16 &#8230;its staves Exod. 25:28; 37:15</p>\n<p>Taches (linen curtain) Exod. 26:6; 36:13</p>\n<p>It is also probable that the bars of Num. 4:10,12 on which the candlestick and its appurtenances, and the instruments of ministry of the Sanctuary, were carried were like the staves, made of shittim wood and overlaid with gold, though this is nowhere so stated.</p>\n<p>SILVER</p>\n<p>The silver redemption money consisted of 100 talents and 1775 shekels.</p>\n<p>“When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. This shall they give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs), an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.” (Exod. 30:12–16)</p>\n<p>This is how that silver was used:</p>\n<p>Board Sockets Exod. 26:19,21,25; 36:24,26,30; 38:27 Court Pillar Chapiters Exod. 38:17,28 &#8230;Fillets Exod.  27:10,11,(12)(14)(15)17; Exod. 38:10,12,17,28 &#8230;Hooks Exod. 27:10,11,(12)(14)(15)17; Exod. 38:10–12,17,28 Gate Pillar Chapiters Exod. 38:19,28 &#8230;Fillets Exod. 27:(16)17; 38:19,28 &#8230;Hooks Exod. 27:(16)17; 38:19,28 Vail Pillar Sockets Exod. 26:21; 36:36; 38:27</p>\n<p>We are not told how much of this was gathered as a free will offering; nor are we told as to what purposes it was put. Apparently the only silver used in the Tabernacle and its furnishings was collected as redemption money:</p>\n<p>“And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: a bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand five hundred and fifty men. And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.” (Exod. 38:25–28)</p>\n<p>COPPER — 70 talents, 2400 shekels (Exod. 38:29) Altar (brazen) &#8230;grate/rings Exod. 27:1,2,4; 38:1,2,4,5,30 &#8230;its staves Exod. 27:6; 38:6 &#8230;its vessels Exod. 27:3,19; 38:3,30 Laver Exod 30:18; 38:8 Pins Exod. 27:19; 38:20,31 Sockets &#8230;Court pillars Exod. 27:10,11,17,18; Exod. 38:10,11,17,31 &#8230;Door pillars Exod. 26:37; 36:38; 38:30 &#8230;Gate pillars Exod. 27:17; 38:19,31 Taches (goats’ hair curtain) Exod. 26:11; 36:18</p>\n<p>BLUE, PURPLE, SCARLET</p>\n<p>Evidently some of this material was originally in the form of threads subsequently to be woven into cloth by the women (Exod. 35:25); yet some of it, as thread, had to be embroidered onto the white linen, or otherwise woven into it (Exod. 35:35). We shall endeavor to here make the distinction between those things wherein the Blue, Purple, and Scarlet were woven into solid cloth (<strong><em>Cloth</em></strong>) and those where these materials were used as threads</p>\n<p>(<strong><em>Thread</em></strong>)</p>\n<p><strong><em>Cloth </em></strong><strong> </strong></p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Blue</strong></td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Purple</strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Scarlet</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Altar (brazen)<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\">Num. 4:13<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Altar (incense)<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Num. 4:6<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Ark<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Num. 4:6<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Candlestick<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Num. 4:9<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Inst. Ministry</td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Num. 4:12</td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Lacers    —Breastplate</td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:28; 39:21</td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">—Crown<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:37; 39:31<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Robe</td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:31; 39:22</td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" valign=\"top\">Table</td>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">Num. 4:7</td>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"90\" valign=\"top\">Num. 4:8<strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><strong><em>Thread </em></strong><strong> </strong></p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Blue</strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Purple</strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Scarlet</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">Door</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 26:36; 36:37</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 26:36; 36:37</td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:15; 39:8</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">Garments:—Breastplate<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\"><strong>&lt;</strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:15; 39:8<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"><strong>&gt;</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">—Ephod<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&lt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:6; 39:2<strong> </strong></td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"150\" valign=\"top\">&gt;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">—Curious Girdle<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&lt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:8; 39:5<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&gt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">—Pomegranates<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&lt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 28:33; 39:24<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&gt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">Gate<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&lt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 27:16; 38:18<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&gt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">Tabernacle Curtains<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&lt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 26:1; 36:8<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&gt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">—Loops<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 26:4; 36:11<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\"><strong> </strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"199\" valign=\"top\">Vail<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&lt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Exod. 26:31; 36:35<strong> </strong></td>\n<td width=\"150\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&gt;</strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p>LINEN</p>\n<p>Curtains &#8230;Court Exod. 27:18; 38:9,16 &#8230;Tabernacle Exod. 26:1; 36:8 Door Exod. 26:36; 36:37 Garments &#8230;Bonnets Exod. 28:(40); 39:28 &#8230;Breastplate Exod. 28:15; 39:8 &#8230;Breeches Exod. 28:42; 39:28 &#8230;Coats—Broidered Exod. 28:39; 39:27</p>\n<p>&#8230;Coats—Regular Exod. 28:(40); 39:27 &#8230;Ephod Exod. 28:6; 39:2 &#8230;Girdles—Curious Exod. 28:8; 39:5 &#8230;Girdles—Linen Exod. 28:39,40; 39:29 &#8230;Mitre Exod. 28:39; 39:28 &#8230;Pomegranates Exod. 28:(33); 39:24 Gate Exod. 27:16; 38:18</p>\n<p>Vail Exod. 26:31; 36:35</p>\n<p>GOATS’ HAIR</p>\n<p>(cashmere cloth) &#8230;Curtain (tent) Exod. 26:7; 36:14</p>\n<p>RAMS’ SKINS</p>\n<p>(dyed red) &#8230;Curtain (covering) Exod. 26:14; 36:19</p>\n<p>SEALS’ SKINS</p>\n<p>&#8230;Altar, etc. (brazen) Num. 4:14 &#8230;Altar (incense) Num. 4:11 &#8230;Ark Num. 4:6 &#8230;Candlestick, etc. Num. 4:10 &#8230;Curtain (topmost) Exod. 26:14; 36:19 &#8230;Instruments of Ministry Num. 4:12 &#8230;Table Num. 4:8</p>\n<p>SHITTIM [ACACIA] WOOD</p>\n<p>&#8230;Altar (brazen) Exod. 27:1,2,8; 38:1,2 &#8230;its staves Exod. 27:6; 38:6 &#8230;Altar (incense) Exod. 30:1; 37:25 &#8230;its staves Exod. 30:5; 37:28 &#8230;Ark Exod. 25:10; 37:1 &#8230;Bars Exod. 26:26; 36:31,(32,33) &#8230;Boards Exod. 26:15; 36:20 &#8230;Pillars—Court (?)</p>\n<p>—Door Exod. 26:37 —Gate (?) —Vail Exod. 26:32; 36:36</p>\n<p>(It is also probable that the bars of Num. 4:10,12 on which the candlestick and its appurtenances, and the instruments of ministry of the Sanctuary, were carried, were like the staves made of shittim wood, overlaid with gold. Of course this is nowhere so stated.)</p>\n<p>OIL</p>\n<p>&#8230;Anointing Exod. 30:24 &#8230;Light (lamps) Exod. 27:20</p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p>SPICES</p>\n<p><strong>Anointing Oil Sweet Incense</strong></p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p>Calamus Exod. 30:23</p>\n<p>Cassia Exod. 30:24</p>\n<p>Cinnamon Exod. 30:23</p>\n<p>Frankincense Exod. 30:34</p>\n<p>Galbanum Exod. 30:34</p>\n<p>Myrrh—Stacte* Exod. 30:23 Exod. 30:34</p>\n<p>Onycha Exod. 30:34</p>\n<p>* “The Hebrew <em>nataph </em>signifies to drop or distill. As the exudation of all gums is in drops, the etymology does not help us. But it is evident from the context in Exodus that a fragrant gum is intended. Many identify the stacte here mentioned with the gum from the libneh. But stacte means primarily myrrh. . . . It is most likely then that <em>nataph </em>and its LXX and Vulgate equivalent stacte, refers to myrrh in drops or tears, which is the purest form.” (Hastings, <em>Dictionary of the Bible</em>)</p>\n<p>PRECIOUS STONES</p>\n<p>Agate (breastplate) Exod 28:19; 39:12</p>\n<p>Amethyst (breastplate) Exod 28:19; 39:12</p>\n<p>Beryl (breastplate) Exod. 28:20; 39:13</p>\n<p>Carbuncle (breastplate) Exod. 28:17; 39:10</p>\n<p>Diamond (breastplate) Exod. 28:18; 39:11</p>\n<p>Emerald (breastplate) Exod. 28:18; 39:11</p>\n<p>Jasper (breastplate) Exod. 28:20; 39:13</p>\n<p>Ligure (breastplate) Exod. 28:19; 39:12</p>\n<p>Onyx (breastplate) Exod. 28:20; 39:13</p>\n<p>Onyx (shoulderpieces) Exod. 28:9,12; 39:6,7</p>\n<p>Sapphire (breastplate) Exod. 28:18; 39:11</p>\n<p>Sardius (breastplate) Exod. 28:17; 39:10</p>\n<p>Topaz (breastplate) Exod. 28:17; 39:10</p>\n<p>It is highly improbable that the stones as named in the KJV are necessarily the ones actually referred to in the Hebrew text.</p>\n<p>“All attempts to derive edification from the nature of these jewels must be governed by the commonplace reflection that we cannot identify them; and many of the present names are incorrect. It is almost certain that neither topaz, sapphire nor diamond could have been engraved, as these stones were, with the name of one of the twelve tribes.” (Chadwick, <em>The Expositor’s Bible</em>, “Exodus,” p. 402)</p>\n<p>“When ye go, ye shall not go empty; but each woman shall <strong>ask </strong>of her neighbor, and of her that sojourns in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment . . . ye shall spoil the Egyptians.” (Exod. 3:21,22, <em>Revised Standard Version</em>)</p>\n<p>“Let every man borrow [“ask”—<em>RSV</em>] of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.; and the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians.” (Exod. 11:2,3)</p>\n<p>“He brought them forth also with silver and gold.” (Psa. 105:37)</p>\n<p>“And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed [“asked”—<em>RSV</em>] of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them [“let them have what they asked”—<em>RSV</em>] . . . and they spoiled the Egyptians.” (Exod 12:35,36)</p>\n<p>The Hebrew word <em>shaal </em>means “ask” or “asked” (Young’s Concordance) and not “borrow” or “borrowed” as in the KJV. The corresponding action is “gave” and not “lent” as in the KJV. (See also Leeser’s translation.)</p>\n<p>“It is important to note in this connection that the terms `borrowed’ and `lent’ in Exod 11:2; 12:35,36 are improper and misleading translations of the Hebrew word <em>shaal</em>, giving the impression of a command to dishonesty on the part of God and a dishonest transaction on the part of the Israelites. The Israelites did not borrow, but asked for (as in the R.V.) jewels of silver and jewels of gold and garments. And the Egyptians did not lend, but allowed their request. Thus the Israelites had some reward for their long service, though it was only granted by their oppressors under fear to refuse them.”</p>\n<p>It has been suggested that since the materials of which God’s Tabernacle was made really was of that which Israel had received from their Egyptian hosts before their exodus in response to their requests (Exod. 3:21,22; 12:35,36), that what is here represented is what the world (represented by Egypt) has given us as an education, business acumen, etc.</p>\n<p>This, however, does not seem quite logical to us, for that which we offer in dedication for the Lord’s Sanctuary must be in the nature of a free-will “heave-offering” (Exod. 25:2, margin), and is thus a dedication of what we are—<strong>our hearts</strong>, pure and simple. Insofar as our possessions are concerned, these must first be transmuted so as to become a part of the self which is then completely dedicated to the Lord. Then not only what we are but also what has become ours becomes an acceptable offering unto the Lord! This “transmuting,” insofar as Israel of old was concerned, had taken place for we read:</p>\n<p>“And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.” (Exod. 36:5–7)</p>\n<p>Silver Free Will Offering</p>\n<p>Among the free will offerings of the children of Israel toward the erection of the Tabernacle and for its service, there were three metals: gold, silver and copper. (Exod. 25:3–7; 35:5–9,22–28)</p>\n<p>We are specifically told in Exod. 38:24,29–31 as to how the gold and the copper were used, but not so about the silver. Verses 25–28 do tell us something about silver that was used for silver sockets, hooks, chapiters and fillets. But this, however, was not the silver of the free will offering of the people, but rather of the redemption money—the poll-tax, assessed in accordance with God’s decree as set forth in Exod. 30:12–16.</p>\n<p>Accordingly, we are not told as to the quantity of silver contributed as a free will offering of the people, nor is there anything said as to how or for what purpose it was to be used. Were it not for the fact that it is enumerated among the free will offerings—Exod. 25:3; 35:5—we might reasonably conclude that the only silver which came from the people was that by way of the redemption money.</p>\n<p>Since, then, we are not justified in any such conclusion, we can only conjecture as to what purpose the silver of the free will offering served; but it will at best be just a guess. Is it possible, and probable, that it was used to remunerate those who used their time and talent to bring about the eventual erection of the Tabernacle?</p>\n<p>Edward E. Atwater has this to say about the matter:</p>\n<p>“So far as appears, the silver contributed at the commencement of the work, be it more or less, was not used in the construction of the edifice or its furniture. Of course, the artisans who gave their time and skill to the work must have been paid out of the public treasury and it is not improbable that they were paid in silver.” (Atwater, <em>The Sacred Tabernacle of the Hebrews</em>)</p>\n<p>Jesus himself declared that “the laborer is worthy of his hire.” (Luke 10:7) On the basis of the conjecture, and since silver is the symbol of the Truth, we are suggesting that God himself remunerates the “builders” of the antitypical Tabernacle with a knowledge of the Truth.</p>\n<p>Who are these “builders”? All who have had anything to do with bringing about the development of the highest and noblest in the character of those who by way of suffering and persecution are thus perfected—made vessels of honor for the Sanctuary of God.</p>\n<p>True, these “builders” may not always have known just what they doing; and we can well understand that many a laborer engaged in the work supervised by Bezaleel and Aholiab of old, may have been similarly ignorant of the true nature of his work.</p>\n<p>The candlestick, to glorify the Holy of the ancient Tabernacle, had to be of beaten work. (Exod. 25:31)</p>\n<p>“The Lord’s followers in the present time are called upon to suffer persecution for righteousness’ sake, not because it is either reasonable or proper, but because the Lord, wishing to test, prove, and polish His people is willing to permit the evil, opposing influences to prosper and to persecute and oppose His ‘members,’ and thus to serve His cause in the preparation of His elect for a future work of service. Thus the persecutors of the body, as did the persecutors of the Head, are cooperating to fulfill the divine plan in a manner they little suspect.” (<em>R4813</em>)</p>\n<p>So it is that many people in this world have had a share in the building of the antitypical Tabernacle of God, and in the fashioning of its vessels and furnishings. Ignorantly, they have misused and abused both Jesus (Acts 3:17) and his followers—the Church. He was not of this world (John 8:23), nor are we (John 17:16); if they hated him, surely they will hate us, too (John 15:18,19: Matt. 10:22). And yet, our God and Father overrules it all (Rom. 8:22), so that by way of it we are made meet for “the inheritance of the saints in light” (Col. 1:12). Jesus was thus perfected by suffering (Heb. 5:8,9) at the hands of these “builders” and so also shall we be (1 Pet. 5:10).</p>\n<p>“The sufferings which count in the development of the `new creature’ are those voluntary and willing endurances on account of the Lord and the Lord’s Word and the Lord’s people;—the hardness which we endure, as good soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ, while seeking to do not our own wills, but to have perfected in us the will of our Captain, the will of our Heavenly Father.”</p>\n<p>We have suggested that Jehovah God will repay these “builders” not with special punishment for the things which they did in their ignorance, but with the “silver coin” of the Truth, because, unwittingly, they have accomplished some of God’s purposes concerning His people. Such “builders” are among the “world of mankind,” and are not of “the flesh,” per se, nor the devil who is not ignorant of what he does.</p>\n<p>One reason why God will repay these “laborers” in the “silver coin” of the Truth, is that the Truth has the power to set men free (John 8:32). For over 6,000 years men have been in bondage to sin, ignorance, superstition and fear; but when the knowledge of the LORD covers the earth as waters cover the sea (Isa. 11:9; Hab. 2:14), it will make them free (as it has already made us) to serve the Lord. No wonder then, that “God will have all men to be saved (from Adamic death) and to come to <strong>the knowledge of the truth</strong>.” (1 Tim. 2:4) Only the Truth can afford them “the fullest opportunity of salvation from the curse” into the glorious liberty of sonship with God. (Rom. 8:21) What a beautiful symbol of the Truth is this silver!</p>\n<p>“We have two memorable instances in Scripture where life was bartered for silver: Joseph for twenty (Gen. 37:28) and the Son of God (Zech. 11:12; Matt. 26:15) for thirty pieces. The idea, therefore, of price or value especially attaches to this metal. It ranks also with us as one of the precious metals: and though not displaying the brilliant glory of the gold, it is yet especially beautiful by reason of its soft purity and unsullied whiteness: and, like the gold, it corrodes not and wastes not in the fining pot, though subject to the intense heat of the furnace.</p>\n<p>“The silver, used in the construction of the tabernacle, was all derived from the Atonement money.</p>\n<p>“. . . [God] enjoined that, whenever Israel was numbered as His people, every man must give a ransom for his soul. The price was fixed by God Himself. Each man, whether poor or rich, must bring the same. One could not pay for another; but every one must tender his own ransom-money of pure silver and of perfect weight. ‘Half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs), a half-shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.’ (Exod. 30:13) Other Gospel truths here shine out. When the question came</p>\n<p>to be one of ransom, the poor and the rich, the foolish and the wise, the ignorant and the learned, the immoral and the moral, stood on the same level. Each person was estimated by God at the same price. He proved Himself no respecter of persons. And so it is still.” (Soltau, <em>The Tabernacle</em>, “The Priesthood and the Offerings,” ppg. 82–84)</p>\n<p>Shittim [Acacia] Wood</p>\n<p>Undoubtedly, the use of shittim wood in the construction of the Tabernacle and its furniture was to keep it light and portable. However, the fact that Jehovah so particularly specified shittim wood (Exod. 25:10,23; Exod. 26:15,32; 27:1,6; 30:1) leads us to wonder as to whether there might not also be some reason beyond the merely utilitarian that was here divinely intended.</p>\n<p>We believe (though we have been unable to find it anywhere so stated) that the shittah tree from which this wood was obtained was, in some sense of the word, an evergreen. In Isa. 41:19, it is listed among other evergreen trees: “the cedar, the shittah tree and the myrtle . . . the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree.” If this is a correct thought, then the tree was among those which did not pass through the cycle of “life and death” every spring and autumn, year after year. However, this much has been definitely established: insects did not attack it (Hastings, <em>Dictionary of the Bible</em>, v. 4, p. 507); it is aromatic or “scented” (Seymour, <em>The New Garden Encyclopedia</em>, “Acacia”); its wood was virtually incorruptible. It is interesting that the Septuagint renders the Hebrew “shittah” by a Greek word meaning “incorruptible wood.” This suggests everlasting though mortal life —i.e., mortality.</p>\n<p>By mortality we mean that state or condition wherein death is a possibility, though not necessarily a probability. We do not here refer to that state or condition in which a man was born in sin and is unjustified, for he is already dead; but to one having been justified by faith, and who therefore enjoys a faith restitution, and may be considered as possessing mortality if for no other reason than that of having something acceptable to lay down in sacrifice.</p>\n<p>If this is a correct thought, then the use of shittim wood as a basic material in the construction of the altars, the table of the shewbread, and the ark of the covenant, seems almost imperative.</p>\n<p>Let us consider the altar of burnt-offering which stood in the Court and represented the ransom sacrifice of Christ Jesus. Though the doctrine of the ransom is the most basic tenet of the Christian faith, there is perhaps none that is less clearly understood.</p>\n<p>Many fail to recognize that the term “ransom” implies an exact correspondence between that which is to be ransomed and that which ransoms. It is true, in common usage this is rarely associated with the term: one army General may be the ransom price for a whole regiment of common soldiers, or $200,000 may be the ransom price for one kidnapped child.</p>\n<p>In the Biblical sense, however, the thought of an exact correspondence is most certainly implied: “eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” (Lev. 24:20; see also Gen. 9:6) Since Adam, a perfect man, had sinned and therefore had been condemned to death, only another perfect man could ransom him from the power of death and the grave. The Apostle Paul states it clearly when he declares:</p>\n<p>“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men . . . but not as the offence, so also is the free gift (The Ransom); for if through the offence of one (man) many be dead, much more the grace of God, which is by one man, Christ Jesus, hath abounded unto many.” (Rom. 5:12–15)</p>\n<p>Copper, as we have suggested, represented human nature in its perfection, which no angel nor other creature (save man) could ever have possessed. Mortality, the state or condition in which death is possible, is common to other creatures besides man.</p>\n<p>As if to show that he who would give himself a ransom for Adam and his race would be a man (i.e., not an angel, nor any other being or creature) and therefore mortal, God seems to have specified that the altar of burnt offering should be made of shittim wood overlaid with copper. Here we have mute testimony which says that the perfect humanity (copper) of Christ Jesus was identified with mortality (shittim wood)—a corroboration of that New Testament doctrine which teaches that it was the man Christ Jesus that gave himself a ransom for all. (1 Tim. 2:5,6)</p>\n<p>By faith in this doctrine, the ransom sacrifice of Christ Jesus (the altar of burnt-offering), one enters the Court condition. In faith he progresses toward the door of the Holy. Here, by way of consecration, he is begotten to a new hope and a corresponding new nature. In these he remains until, passing the second vail, he enters the Most Holy—the spirit-born condition. The present “in part” (1 Cor. 13:9,10) condition, represented by the Holy of the ancient Tabernacle, is for the saint of God the place of his spiritual growth and development. Here he receives the enlightenment from the golden candlestick; here he is fed by the bread of presence from the golden table; and in this light and strength he is privileged to offer incense at the golden altar. The light from the candlestick and the bread of presence both represent those deeper aspects of God’s Word which are so essential to the well-being of the new creature. Yet all this is only his in hope (the hope to which he has been begotten), and which hope is the “anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail.” (Heb. 6:19) What lies beyond the vail? It is the realization of the glorious hope that some day this “perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality” (1 Cor. 15:54, RSV—but see also Weymouth), and death is swallowed up of victory. This glorious hope which causes one to purify himself (1 John 3:3) is reflected in the articles of furniture placed in the Holy of the typical Tabernacle. The table and the incense altar were made of shittim wood overlaid with gold. Death is still a possibility while we tarry in the “in part” condition, and will be until it is swallowed up of that victory which shall be ours if we remain faithful unto death.</p>\n<p>Beyond the vail stood the ark of the covenant, and it also was made of shittim wood overlaid with gold (we do not have reference to the lid). Placing it in the Most Holy beyond the vail was intended to show what the Church would inherit in passing “beyond the vail” of death. Thus did the ark represent the glorified Church, no longer living in hope of attaining glory, honor and immortality; but having attained it, possessing it—the perishable will have put on the imperishable, and the mortal will have put on immortality. Death will have been swallowed up and will no longer be a possibility.</p>\n<p>He who is no longer dead in trespasses and sin and whose fleshly existence is now identified with Jesus (Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:21; 2 Cor. 4:9,10; Col. 1:24) radiates a sweet fragrance—a benign influence upon all with whom he comes in contact. For, like Jesus, he will be seeking always to be doing those things that please the heavenly Father (John 8:29). Surely he will be doing good unto all men as he has opportunity (Gal. 6:10), and such a fragrance as this is never identified with the old condemned dead man. Thus is shittim wood fragrant.</p>\n<p>Perhaps it is also that which makes the shittim wood fragrant that protects it against the onslaughts of insects. Thus even while a Christian still possesses mortality, because of his identification with Christ Jesus he possesses that same indwelling spirit by which sweet, benign influences emanate toward all men. This protects him against the onslaughts of destructive evils: “quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, gossip, conceit, and disorder.” (2 Cor. 12:20—RSV)</p>\n<p>“Briefly stated, the Tabernacle was a house constructed of a series of boards of shittim [acacia] wood, `overlaid’ or plated with gold.” (<em>Tabernacle Shadows pg13</em>) “Shittim (Hebrew: <em>ha-shittim</em>), the name of the wood which comes from the acacia tree, mentioned 26 times in connection with the tabernacle and its furniture (Exodus 25–38).” (<em>Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary</em>) “Shittah Tree, Acacia seya L. Dilile (Hebrew: <em>shittah</em>), a gnarled, roughbarked, thorny tree of the pea family. The acacia or shittah tree of Isaiah 41:18 is mentioned only this once in the Bible, but its wood (shittim) is referred to many times. Shittim wood is insect repellent; a very beautiful close grained wood, orange when cut, turning darker with age. It was used to fashion the Ark of the Tabernacle (Exod. 25:10). The shittah tree yields gum arabic and gum senegal.” (<em>Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary</em>) “The symbols of the tabernacle derived from the vegetable kingdom are acacia, cedar, hyssop, flour, wine, oil, spices of different kinds, pomegranates, and almonds. Of the two sorts of timber which stand at the head of this list, the latter was used only in rites of purification, and therefore in small  quantity . . . When the Hebrews, many generations later in their history, erected a stationary and permanent sanctuary at Jerusalem, cedar was used to cover the walls of the edifice on the interior surface, fulfilling thus the same office as the acacia in the tabernacle. Both having extraordinary durability, either might be employed to represent that idea; and, as they were equally beautiful, the question which of the two should be elected might be determined by considerations of convenience. Acacia, easily procured in the vicinity of Sinai, was by its small specific gravity preferable to cedar for the portable sanctuary of the wilderness; on the other hand, cedar could be conveniently obtained by Solomon from the Phoenicians in exchange for the productions of Palestine, and was as little liable to decay as acacia. The substitution of cedar for acacia, because more conveniently obtained, goes to show that they were both significant by reason of the durability which belonged to them in common; and the most natural interpretation of this capacity to resist corruption would make it indicate the idea of life.” (Atwater, <em>The Sacred Tabernacle of the Hebrews</em>)</p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Chief Artisans</strong></span></h2>\n<p>Incidental to the erection of the Tabernacle, Jehovah God specially called (i.e., raised up) two artisans—Bezaleel and Aholiab. The two artisans specially called and endowed of God to build the antitypical Tabernacle are Christ Jesus and his Church!</p>\n<p>It is interesting to note how God Himself, through the Prophet Isaiah, has identified Christ Jesus as the antitypical Bezaleel. Let us observe this by comparing these two texts:</p>\n<p>“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding and knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.” (Exod. 31:1–4)</p>\n<p>“And there shall come forth a root out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the LORD.” (Isa. 11:1,2)</p>\n<p>But the identification does not end here! The scriptures indicate that God called Bezaleel by name. This is but another way by which the holy Spirit of God would direct our attention to the deeper significance of the name. It is not a mere coincidence that Bezaleel means “the shadow of God.” Could any description of Christ Jesus be any more fitting than this? Does the Apostle Paul not speak of him as being “the express image” of the Father’s person? (Heb. 1:1–3)</p>\n<p>Bezaleel was the son of Uri, and Uri means “light.” John bears testimony of Jesus, that he was “The true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” (John 1:9) And Jesus himself declared, “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12)</p>\n<p>Uri was the son of Hur, and Hur means “noble” according to Cyrus A. Potts’ <em>Dictionary of Bible Proper Names</em>. According to the Oxford University Press’ <em>Dictionary of Proper Names</em>, it means “cavern.” Both of these thoughts serve to establish the identity of the antitypical Bezaleel. Who will deny the nobility of Jesus, the one who was rich, but for our sakes became poor (2 Cor. 8:9); the one who left the realms of light to enter the shades of night, there to taste death for every man (Heb. 2:9)? Only the truly noble make such sacrifices! The shades of night involved not only an existence upon this sin-cursed earth, but a passing into the cavern—the grave, the state of death—by the only human creature who had the right to live forever. What a wonderful savior!</p>\n<p>Hur was of the tribe of Judah, and Judah means “praised.” How significant! Jesus in his prehuman existence in the realms of heavenly glory, being the very highest and noblest of all God’s creatures, received the homage and praise of all the spiritual and angelic hosts. All during the Gospel age he has received the praise of all God’s truly consecrated saints. And throughout all of the ages of eternity he will be praised by all creatures in heaven and on earth. (Phil. 2:9; Rev. 6:9–14)</p>\n<p>Thus he who in his prehuman existence was of the praised in glory, in order to become the light of the world, in the nobility of character, humbled himself under the mighty hand of God to become the man Christ Jesus.</p>\n<p>And being found in fashion as a man, “he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Phil. 2:8) Thus God has highly exalted him and “given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow . . . and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father.” (Phil. 2:9–11) To him has God committed the major responsibility of preparing the materials for, and of erecting, the great antitypical Tabernacle of God.</p>\n<p>After declaring (Exod. 31:4,5) how that He endowed Bezaleel “to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper, and in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in the carving of timber, to work all manner of workmanship,” God says, “And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.” (Exod. 31:6)</p>\n<p>Here too, we believe, the identity of the Church as the antitypical Aholiab is clearly indicated, for Aholiab means “the Father’s tent.” Can there be anything which more strikingly sets forth the Church’s true function during this age as the Tabernacle of God in which He dwells by His Spirit? That which is true of the church collectively, is of necessity true of each member individually. We are, even as the Apostle declares, sanctuaries of God. “Know ye not, that ye are a sanctuary of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Cor. 3:16)</p>\n<p>Aholiab was the son of Ahisamach, and Ahisamach means “my brother has supported.” How true! Surely, without the support of Jesus, our elder brother, we could do absolutely nothing. We are merely branches and must look to the vine for support. “I am the Vine, ye are the branches . . . without me ye can do nothing.” (John 15:5)</p>\n<p>Ahisamach was of the tribe of Dan, and Dan means “judge.” God has ordained that the Church shall in due time judge the world. (1 Cor. 6:2) But all those who shall be of that Church are admonished to judge themselves now. Under the caption “Proper Judging of Ourselves” we quote:</p>\n<p>“The Apostle Paul refers to our proper growth as a new creation and our proper judging or criticizing of ourselves, saying, ‘Having, therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the reverence of the Lord.’ (2 Cor. 7:1) ‘Let a man examine himself’—let him note the weaknesses and filthiness of his fallen fleshly nature and seek to cleanse himself, ‘putting off ‘ the deeds of the ‘old man’ and being renewed, changed from glory to glory, more and more into the image of God’s dear Son, who is our Exemplar as well as our Redeemer and Lord. But the Apostle Paul urges that we cleanse not only our flesh as much as possible, but also our spirits, or minds, that the new mind, the holy resolution, or will, be given full control, and that every thought be brought into captivity to the will of God as expressed by and illustrated in Christ.” (<em>New Creation pg. 409</em>)</p>\n<p>Since the very purpose of raising up these two artisans was, as is clearly stated (Exod. 31:7–11), incidental to the building and the erection of the Tabernacle of God among the Israelites, is it unreasonable to conclude that the work of their antitypical counterparts, Christ Jesus and the Church, is also incidental to the “building” and “erecting” of the Sanctuary of God (Heb. 8:2) the Tabernacle of God which is one day to be among men? (Ezek. 37:27)</p>\n<p>“Then will be fulfilled that which was written: `The Tabernacle of God [God’s dwelling, the glorified Church] is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be [become] His people, and God Himself shall be with them and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things [the reign of Satan, sin and death] are passed away. And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.’ Rev. 21:3–5.” (<em>Tabernacle Shadows pg.76</em>)</p>\n<p>It will be noted that it was Bezaleel who was specially “named” (Exod. 31:2) and was given the pre-eminence and special endowments “to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass (copper), and in cutting stones, to set them, to work in all manner of workmanship.” (Exod. 31:4,5) So it is also that the antitypical Bezaleel, Christ Jesus, has been given the pre-eminence “in all things” (Col. 1:18)</p>\n<p>GOLD—those things that pertain to the divine and its nature.</p>\n<p>SILVER—the Truth, and perhaps more particularly, with that Truth which has to do with redemption; for it will be recalled that the sockets supporting the Tabernacle structure as a whole, were made of the silver, the redemption money, paid by the Israelites as a poll tax. (Exod. 30:12–16; 38:25–27)</p>\n<p>COPPER—the human nature of the man Christ Jesus and the justified humanity of the Church, sacrificed unto God so that the world of mankind may in the age which is to come have an altar unto which they may bring their “offerings.”</p>\n<p>It is also he, Christ Jesus, the antitypical Bezaleel, who oversees in the matter of the:</p>\n<p>CUTTING OF STONES—Surely he enters into and oversees all the trials and experiences which have to do with the “preparing” of the “precious stones” (Ezek. 9:11) the peculiar “treasure” of God, the jewels (Mal. 3:17) for their “setting” in the “breastplate of judgment” (righteousness). (<em>Tabernacle Shadows pgg. 35,36</em>)</p>\n<p>CARVING OF TIMBER—In the type, the timber referred to was no other than the shittim (acacia) wood used exclusively in the Tabernacle. The counterpart of this, we suggest, is the perfect humanity of Jesus himself, and the justified humanity of the Church, but more particularly comprehended in the word “mortality.” The vessels of the Tabernacle, like the table of the shewbread, the incense altar, the ark of the covenant, and the boards, were all made of shittim wood, but were overlaid with gold; suggesting, perhaps that those identified with the antitypical Tabernacle have, first of all, a mortality which will in time “put on” “immortality, a corruptible (not corrupt) which must “put on incorruption.” (1 Cor. 15:53, 54) It is this mortality that is now being dealt with in a “cutting off” here and a “cutting off” there, involving what the Scriptures call a “circumcision of the heart.” (Col. 2:11; Rom. 2:29)</p>\n<p>It is suggested that the “carving of timber” spoken of in this passage of Scripture has reference to the fallen race, who, by way of this “workmanship,” would be blessed in their restitution.</p>\n<p>Though it is true “Bezaleel” will work with the fallen human race in due time, as one would with timber, it does not seem to us that the account of Exodus 31 has reference to this. The particular work for which Bezaleel was called was incidental to the establishment of the Tabernacle of God among the Israelites, which antitypically will be the whole world of  mankind, being blessed by the presence of the Church, the Tabernacle of God with them.</p>\n<p>Aholiab was Bezaleel’s chief assistant. So is the Church to Christ Jesus. She cooperates with him, her Head, her Lord, her Master, in bringing everything into subjection to that mind which was in and is Christ Jesus.</p>\n<p>“Solomon was a type of the greater son of David who was also the Son of God. Solomon indeed built the typical house of the Lord, but Christ, the antitypical son of David and Son of God is now building the true, the antitypical temple, the church which is his body, a temple of the holy Spirit, a house of sons.”</p>\n<p>Most Bible aids such as books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc., say that the name Bezaleel means “IN the shadow of God.” I agree that Jesus’ life on this earth was a protected one, as if he ever and always walked in the very shadow of his Father, God. However, I also believe as did the Apostle Paul that he was “the express image of His person” (Heb. 1:3); and also that in him, as Benjamin Wilson declares in his <em>Emphatic Diaglott</em>, “dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily” (Col. 2:9); that Jesus was really “the <strong>shadow </strong>of God.” This is also the significance of the words of Jesus to Philip:</p>\n<p>“Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father . . . Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?” (John 14:9,10)</p>\n<p>In the Hebrew tongue the name Jesus is <em>Yahshua </em>meaning “Yah(weh) is Savior.”</p>\n<p>“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his <strong>name Jesus</strong>; for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matt. 1:19–21)</p>\n<p>“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a <strong>name </strong>which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:9–11)</p>\n<p>“Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath obtained a <strong>more excellent </strong>name than they.” (Heb. 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(Gen 11:6)   Because such great evil would have occurred too soon in His plan for mankind, and because God promised to never destroy the earth again, He caused great confusion among the people by giving them different languages.  That way there could be no great collaboration amongst the people until God’s due time.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  CONFUSION</strong></p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p>In searching the internet for various definitions of the word, the site <a href=\"http://www.yourdictionary.com/\">www.yourdictionary.com</a> has the following:</p>\n<p>Baby·lon (bab<strong>′</strong>ə län′, -lən)</p>\n<p>ancient city on the lower Euphrates River (in what is now central Iraq), the capital of Babylonia: noted for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wealth, luxury, and wickedness</span></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.thefreedictionary.com/\">www.thefreedictionary.com</a> shows 2 definitions:</p>\n<p><strong>Bab·y·lon<sup> 1</sup></strong></p>\n<p>The capital of ancient Babylonia in Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River. Established as capital c. 1750 b.c. and rebuilt in regal splendor by Nebuchadnezzar II after its destruction (c. 689 b.c.) by the Assyrians, Babylon was the site of the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.</p>\n<p><strong>Bab·y·lon<sup> 2</sup></strong> <em>n.</em></p>\n<p><strong>1. </strong>A city or place of great <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">luxury, sensuality, and often vice and corruption</span>.</p>\n<p><strong>2. </strong>A place of captivity or exile.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  WEALTH, LUXURY, CORRUPTION</strong></p>\n<p>Wikipedia also provides another definition for Babylon:</p>\n<p>“The name <em>bab-ilu</em> in Akkadian means &#8220;gate of god&#8221; (from bab &#8220;gate&#8221; + ilu &#8220;god&#8221;). The word &#8220;bab-el&#8221; can also be seen to mean &#8220;gate of god&#8221; (from bab &#8220;gate&#8221; + el &#8220;god&#8221;).”</p>\n<p>Matthew chapter 7 describes two gates:  the narrow gate that leads to life and the wide gate that leads to destruction.</p>\n<p><em>13 </em><em>Go in through the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">narrow gate</span>; for<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> wide is the gate</span> and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are the ones who go through it.  14  For narrow is the gate, and constricted is the way that leads away into life, and few are the ones who find it.</em></p>\n<p><em> </em></p>\n<p>For Babylon to claim to be the “gate of god” could be taken from a few different standpoints.  Since “god” is not capitalized, it could be seen as the gate of the gods (false), and since we know ancient Babylon worshipped many false gods, this could be appropriate.</p>\n<p>Another approach is that spiritual Babylon, the false church, could claim to be THE gate to THE GOD – meaning that they claim the only way to God is to be a part of their system.  From John 14:6:  “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”  Note that Jesus does NOT say that to come to the Father you must be a part of this group or that group.  No, you must go through the gate which is Jesus, and Jesus only.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  CLAIMS TO BE ”GATE TO GOD”, THE WAY TO GOD</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3.  Characteristics of ancient Babylon</span></strong></p>\n<p>Most of us remember learning about ancient Babylon in school.  Nebuchnezzar built a large city with beautiful gardens, one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world.  But Babylon had a history long before Nebuchnezzar.</p>\n<p>From the website <a href=\"http://www.livius.org/\">www.livius.org</a>:</p>\n<p><strong>“Babylonia </strong>is the Greek name of what the inhabitants knew as <strong><em>Mât Akkadî</em></strong>, the fertile alluvial plain between the <a href=\"http://www.livius.org/es-ez/euphrates/euphrates.html\">Euphrates</a> and <a href=\"http://www.livius.org/men-mh/mesopotamia/tigris.html\">Tigris</a>. 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Its capital was <a href=\"http://www.livius.org/ba-bd/babylon/babylon.html\">Babylon</a>.”</p>\n<p>Because the land was between 2 major rivers, it was very fertile and capable of producing a variety of crops in addition to providing habitation for many animals.  This great fertility brought great wealth to Babylon.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  WEALTH</strong></p>\n<p>Ancient Babylon was also Polytheistic.  They worshipped many gods including:</p>\n<p><strong>Anu</strong><em>, </em><strong>E</strong><strong>nlil</strong><em>, </em><strong>Ea</strong><em>, </em><strong>Marduk,</strong><em> </em><strong>Sin</strong><em>, </em><strong>Shamash</strong>, and <strong>Ishtar</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Read more: <a href=\"http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Mythology-About-Babylonian-Mythology-Major-Babylonian-Gods.id-83,pageNum-20.html#ixzz0b7spgoOD\">http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Mythology-About-Babylonian-Mythology-Major-Babylonian-Gods.id-83,pageNum-20.html#ixzz0b7spgoOD</a></em></p>\n<p>While historians may not always agree on the function of the particular god, the fact that the ancient Babylonians served many gods and the fact that their god Marduk usurped authority over all the others is generally agreed upon.  From www.encyclopedia.com:</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Marduk, ancient god of Babylonia and chief god of the city of Babylon. His cult rose to prominence in the reign of Hammurabi, and Marduk became the omniscient king of the pantheon—the creator of mankind and the god of light and life. In his various aspects he was the successor of the Sumerian earth god Enlil.</p>\n<p>Therefore assessing the religious aspects of the ancient people, we can see that their worship of gods changed over time.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  SERVING MANY GODS/NOT SERVING SUPREME GOD</strong></p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4.  Pictures of Babylon in prophecy</span></strong></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>“<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Flee out of the midst of Babylon</span>, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.  <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand</span>, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.  We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.”  Jer 51:6-9</em></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em> </em></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>“And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">having a golden cup </span>in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Rev 17:4-5</em></span></p>\n<p><em> </em></p>\n<p>The “golden cup” is an important concept in these scriptures.   It shows that initially God’s blessing was upon the true church before it became Babylon (confusion).  The golden cup (vessel) could likely represent God’s word – the Bible.  The Bible contains the doctrines (wine).  God’s true doctrines were given to His church (the woman), but over time this woman polluted the doctrines with her fornication (illicit relationships with earthly governments) and became not just a harlot, but the mother of harlots.</p>\n<p>The Jeremiah scripture also encourages fleeing from Babylon in order to avoid being destroyed with her.  While this was impossible to do in ancient Babylon because the Lord’s people (Israel) were held captive, in spiritual Babylon the Lord’s people (followers of Jesus) are captivated by her intoxicating wine.  If they refrain from the wine (put away her doctrines and study God’s word), they will recognize the damaging effects of those doctrines, identify them as contrary to God’s teachings in the Bible, and be able to flee out of Babylon.</p>\n<p>In the Revelation scripture it is also important to note what the woman is wearing.  She arrayed herself with the colors of royalty and decked herself with gold, precious stones, and pearls.  Contrast this with what the Bride of Christ is wearing:</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> fine linen, clean and white:</span> for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Rev 19:7-8</em></span></p>\n<p><em> </em></p>\n<p>Another possible link to the golden cup:  the events detailed in Daniel 5 where Belshazzar, king of Babylon is throwing a party and improperly uses the gold and silver vessels from God’s temple in Israel (which Nebuchadnezzar took) for him and his guests to drink from.  As they were misusing God’s vessels and getting drunk, within the hour the handwriting appeared on the wall.  Daniel translated that writing and shortly thereafter Belshazzar was killed and the city had fallen to Darius the Mede.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  WEALTH, LUXURY, CORRUPTION, ILICIT TIES TO EARTHLY GOVERNMENTS</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5.  Characteristics of the religious systems during Jesus’ first advent</span></strong></p>\n<p>By looking at the religious systems during Jesus’ time, we can get a glimpse of the types of characteristics abhorred by God by those who claim to be priests of God.  These characteristics can also be applied to spiritual Babylon because she was once sanctioned of God, but has become something God abhors and will destroy.  Our scriptural proof that we can apply these characteristics to the false church comes from Revelation chapters 2 and 3 – the messages to the 7 churches.  In 2 of these messages:  Smyrna and Philadelphia, the message includes those which say they are Jews, but are actually from the synagogue of Satan.  These Churches are Christian churches set up after Jesus died and nailed the law to the cross, so the mention of false Jews here must be symbolic of the false church.  Also, the message to Thyratira regarding Jezebel is also a clue regarding the characteristics of the rulership in Israel correlating to the “rulership” in the false church.  Jezebel was the true power behind her husband King Ahab, just as Babylon was/is the true power behind many of the rulers of the earth.</p>\n<p>Matthew 23 has a whole list of concerns with the religious system (scribes and Pharisees) during Jesus’ first advent.  Jesus is describing the reasons why those who sit in Moses’ seat (those who were sanctioned of God to mediate God’s law) were being cast off.</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>“Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:  All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.  For they bind <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">heavy burdens </span>and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hey themselves will not move</span> them with one of their fingers.  But all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their works they do for to be seen of men</span>: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats</span> in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> to be called of men, Rabbi</span>, Rabbi.  But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.  And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.  Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.  But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.  And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.  But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ye shut up the kingdom of heaven</span> against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for a pretence make long prayer:</span> therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">compass sea and land to make one proselyte</span>, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.  Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?  And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.  Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?  Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.  And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.  And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith</span>: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.  Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess</span>.  Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.</span> Even so ye also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquit</span>y.  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,  And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.  Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.  Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.  Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?  Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:  That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.  Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee,</span> how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!  Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.”  Matt 23:1-38</em></span></p>\n<p><em> </em></p>\n<p>Lets just look at a few of the reasons the religious system of Israel was being cast off:</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They burden the people while they live free from the burden</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They do their works to be seen of men</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They love the “elevated status” of their position which “entitles” them to the best seats, etc..</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They love their title of “Rabbi” or “Master”, not remembering that there is only one true Master</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They shut up the kingdom of heaven</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They pretend to make long prayers</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They compass sea and land to make one proselyte</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Pay tithes but forget about judgment, mercy, and faith</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They clean the outside of the cup and platter, but inside full of extortion and excess</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Beautiful outwardly, but inside full of uncleanness</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Righteous outwardly, but inside full of hypocrisy and iniquity</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They killed the prophets which were sent to them for guidance</p>\n<p><strong>1.  They burden the people while they live free from burden.  Matt 23:4</strong></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Revelation 18:7 ties in specifically with this.  <em>“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.”</em> She lived deliciously while the people struggled. There are many historical reports of churches taxing the nations to the point where the nations could not bear it.  Refusal to pay the exorbitant taxes was met with excommunication and war. The pride in her heart says she still had her husband even though she was fornicating with the kings of the earth.  This part of the verse correlates with Isa 47.</span></p>\n<p>Isa 47:1-10  is a prophecy of literal Babylon taking the nation of Israel captive, but note the correlations in verses 6 through 8 to Revelation and Matthew 23.  These correlations are scriptural evidence that we can tie together; ancient Babylon, spiritual Babylon, and the Scribes and Pharisees.</p>\n<p>Isaiah 47:1-10</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1  Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: <em>there is</em> no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2  Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3  Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet <em>thee as</em> a man. 4  <em>As for</em> our redeemer, the LORD of hosts <em>is</em> his name, the Holy One of Israel. 5  Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. 6  I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. <em>7  And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. </em><em>8  Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:</em>9  But these two <em>things</em> shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, <em>and</em> for the great abundance of thine enchantments.10  For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I <em>am,</em> and none else beside me.</span></p>\n<p>The chapter is directed at the “virgin daughter of Babylon”, but in verse 6 we see that Babylon itself is included because this verse is describing how God gave Israel over to Babylon, and that Babylon laid upon them a heavy yoke (burden).  In verses 7 and 8 this daughter (including Babylon) says she will be a lady forever and will not sit as a widow.  Revelation 18:7 above states the same thing, that spiritual Babylon will sit as a queen and be no widow.  Matthew 23:4 describes the scribes and Pharisees with the same characteristics of burdening the people as ancient and spiritual Babylon.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  LIVING RICHLY AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS, PRIDE</strong></p>\n<p><strong>2.  They do their works to be seen of men.  They love the “elevated status” of their position which offers them the best seats, etc…, they love to be called Rabbi.. Matt 23:5-7</strong></p>\n<p>The scribes and Pharisees were reluctant to relinquish their status when Jesus came.  They wanted the people to continue to look up to them, not Jesus.   They had placed a lot of effort in attaining their position as the ones “closest to God”, God’s representatives, and through their lack of humility failed to recognize the true pathway to God – Jesus.   They were willing to kill Jesus to hold on to this status.</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">John 11:47  Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48    If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> take away both our place and nation</span>.</span></p>\n<p>It seems as if the building of the Tower of Babel was an effort with the same motive.  Men were trying to reach heaven and get to God by their own works, to elevate themselves.  They wanted to become well renowned and have high status, and to disregard the Lord’s will of spreading out in the earth.  God saw that attaining this would have opened them up to things much worse.</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gen 11:4  And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth</span>. 5 ¶  And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6  And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7  Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. 8  So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9  Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.</span></p>\n<p>Another link between the scribes and Pharisees and Babylon is in Revelation 2 in the messages to the churches of Ephesus and Pergamos.</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Re 2:6  But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Re 2:15  So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.</span></p>\n<p>From the following website:  <a href=\"http://www.church.sierra-vista.az.us/church/tst/nicolaitanes.htm\">http://www.church.sierra-vista.az.us/church/tst/nicolaitanes.htm</a> &#8211; in an article THE DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANES By Bruce De Lay</p>\n<p>“To understand this doctrine, one must simply break down and define the word Jesus used to describe it.  ….<strong> “Nicolaitanes”</strong> means <strong>“Victorious over the people; a follower of Nicolaus, a heretic”</strong>.  &#8230;  The meaning can be better seen in the phrase:<strong> “to conquer the laity”</strong> (from “nikos &#8211; to conquer”; and “laos” &#8211; where our word “laity” comes from).  Laity means “the people, or the public”.  “</p>\n<p>In Revelation we see that the false church contains this Nicolaitan spirit of trying to attain victory over the people.  Isn’t this exactly what the scribes and Pharisees were trying to do by killing Jesus?  “Conquering” means having power and influence over the people, and the evilness of this spirit indicates this power comes either by force or by deception.  As the contrast, Jesus’ influence comes through His example and His service.  From the same article:</p>\n<p>“So how does the Nicolaitan doctrine live and breathe among us today?  Anyone who uses their leadership position to manipulate others is bumping up against the thing Jesus hates.  … The Lord wants us to be under His control, no one else’s.  But even He doesn’t use such tactics of manipulation.  He wants willing obedience, not contrived. … Jesus rules by example and through serving.  A Nicolaitan rules through manipulation and control.  …  Nicolaitan authority is false authority.  Therefore a believer is not required to submit to it. &#8230;.  Nicolaitan authorities may try to label you as a rebel, but Christ must reign supreme, regardless of what others say.”</p>\n<p>The religious leadership in Jesus’ day was doing this exact same thing, trying to exert influence over the people by manipulation and deceit.  On numerous occasions they tried to trick him, and when that didn’t work they gathered a hearing in the wee hours of the morning to sentence Him to death.</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC: </strong><strong> EXALTING THEMSELVES, SEEKING RENOWN, RULE BY MANIPULATION/DECEPTION</strong></p>\n<p><strong>3.  They shut up the kingdom of heaven.  Matt 23:13</strong></p>\n<p>First of all, let’s define the kingdom of heaven.</p>\n<p>Shutting up the kingdom of heaven could have a variety of meanings.  If we look at the greek word used for “shut up” in this passage:</p>\n<p>2808 kleiw kleio <em>kli&#8217;-o</em>, a primary verb; ; v</p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">AV-shut 12, shut up 4; 16</address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1) to shut, shut up</address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2) metaph.</address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2a) to cause the heavens to withhold rain</address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2b) to shut up compassion so that it is like a thing inaccessible to one, to be devoid of pity towards one</address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2c) to obstruct the entrance into the kingdom of heaven</address>\n<p>Most of the time it is used in the New Testament, it is referring to a door being shut.  The other few times such as in Rev 11:6 and Rev 20:3, it can refer to shutting up heaven so it doesn’t rain, or shutting up the devil in the bottomless pit so that he can not escape.  Since all these use the same Greek word, let’s try to apply these concepts to Matthew 23.</p>\n<p>If the scribes and Pharisees were shutting up the kingdom of heaven, it could mean:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>They were obstructing others from entering because they were not teaching the nation regarding God’s law, for if they had, the nation would have been in expectation of the Messiah based on the time prophecies in Daniel.</li>\n<li>They did not want to recognize the Messiah and the dispensational shift that was taking place.  God’s kingdom was transitioning from the earthly kingdom with Israel as His chosen people, to a heavenly kingdom with His son as king, and the lamb’s wife (called out of the world) as joint heirs with him.  The call was going only to Israel, but because of their unbelief it eventually opened up to the gentiles.  If the scribes and Pharisees subscribed to this shift, then they would lose their power and status in the nation.</li>\n<li>They didn’t believe in a heavenly hope and therefore taught there was none.  This would be a typical belief of Jews at that time because they were never promised a life in heaven as a nation.  It wasn’t until Jesus “opened the way” that those who followed Him could receive a spiritual body and be a part of the kingdom of heaven.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>In looking at the tower of Babel, the people of the land wanted to build this tower for the purpose of reaching Heaven, making a name for themselves, and so they couldn’t be scattered throughout the earth.  (Gen 11:4)  Another thought is that the tower was meant to save them should there be another flood in the future.   This thinking was in direct opposition with God’s promise to never destroy the earth again.  Such a lack of faith caused them to take matters into their own hands and devise evil by building an alternative “gate to God”.   It is possible that in their thinking, the only way to God was through this tower.</p>\n<p>If this chapter can be applied to the religious systems of this day, how might they be shutting up the kingdom of heaven?  It appears they may do it in a similar fashion.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Some “Christian” systems today do NOT recognize that the ONLY way to heaven is through Jesus and participating in His sacrifice.  Some systems claim that good works/deeds will get you to Heaven, others claim that all you need to do is “believe” on Jesus.</li>\n<li>Some “Christian” systems teach that THEY are God’s representatives on earth, and the only way to heaven is through membership in THEIR system, denying that ALL have direct access to God.  They place man-made obstacles between mankind and God such as the priest and purgatory.</li>\n<li>Some systems teach that the heavenly calling has been closed and the only calling now is to God’s kingdom on earth.</li>\n</ol>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  OBSTRUCTING THE TRUE PATH TO GOD – JESUS, FALSE CLAIM THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY WAY TO GOD</strong></p>\n<p><strong>4.  Their outward appearance was beautiful and righteous and obedient, but inside they were full of extortion, excess, uncleanness, hypocrisy, and iniquity</strong>.</p>\n<p>In Revelation, the woman Babylon is wearing glorious attire – which happens to be similar to the high priest’s garments of glory and beauty as shown in Exodus.</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rev 17:4  And the woman was arrayed in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">purple</span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">scarlet</span> colour, and decked with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gold and precious stones</span> and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Ex 28: 15 ¶  And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gold</span>, of blue, and of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">purple</span>, and of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">scarlet</span>, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16  Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 17  And thou shalt set in it settings of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stones</span>, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.</span></p>\n<p>Notice the similarities: they both are wearing purple, scarlet, gold, precious stones</p>\n<p>Also notice the differences:  Babylon is a woman while the high priest is a man, the high priest is also wearing blue which is absent from Babylon, and Babylon has pearls which are absent from the high priest.</p>\n<p>The reason for comparing these two is shown in what the high priest pictures.  The glorious garments of the high priest are put on AFTER all the sacrificing is completed on the day of atonement.  This pictures Christ head and body (or Jesus and His church) which reign in God’s throne.  By Babylon putting on these glorious garments, the thought is that she already reigns – even without the bridegroom or the completion of the church’s sacrifices.</p>\n<p>However, the Apostle Paul urges women of the church are told not to wear pearls, gold, or costly array:  1Tim2:9 ¶  In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.</p>\n<p>Outwardly beautiful with the appearance of righteousness, but inwardly full of hypocrisy, iniquity, uncleanness, etc.  As mentioned previously, the true bride (church) should be dressed in fine, clean linen which is the righteousness of saints.  The fact that Babylon is not wearing linen shows Babylon as the false church, trying to usurp the position of high priest by adorning herself in similar attire.</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>2Thes 2:3-4   Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, because that Day will not come unless first comes the falling away, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, the one opposing and exalting himself over everything being called God, or object of worship, so as for him &#8220;to sit in the temple of God&#8221; as God, proclaiming that he himself is God.</em></span></p>\n<p>Is it necessary to mention the exposure in our day of the uncleanness of the catholic church and the pedophilia scandals that are widespread?  Do we need to mention the worst part about it is the cover-up by the church?</p>\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTIC:  APPEARANCE OF BEAUTY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, USURPATION OF POWER AND GLORY, INWARDLY CONTRARY TO CHRIST-LIKENESS</strong></p>\n<p><strong>5.  They killed the prophets which were sent to them for guidance.  Matt 23:34</strong></p>\n<p>Just as Israel (once God’s chosen people but cast off for their lack of faithfulness) murdered the messengers and servants God sent to redirect them onto a proper path, Babylon (once God’s chosen people but also cast off for lack of faithfulness) too persecuted and murdered the saints and servants sent to them by God.  Which of the reformers was not hunted down, excommunicated, and/or burned at the stake?</p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Re 17:6  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Re 18:24  And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.</span></p>\n<p>A few examples of the blood shed:</p>\n<p>Excerpts from Fox’s book of Martyrs (http://www.biblebelievers.com/foxes/fox104.htm)</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Persecution of the Waldenses in France</strong></p>\n<p>Popery having brought various innovations into the Church, and overspread the Christian world with darkness and superstition, some few, who plainly perceived the pernicious tendency of such errors, determined to show the light of the Gospel in its real purity, and to disperse those clouds which artful priests had raised about it, in order to blind the people, and obscure its real brightness.</p>\n<p>By the year of Christ 1140, the number of the reformed was very great, and the probability of its increasing alarmed the pope, who wrote to several princes to banish them from their dominions, and employed many learned men to write against their doctrines.</p>\n<p>At length, Peter Waldo, or Valdo, a native of Lyons, eminent for his piety and learning, became a strenuous opposer of popery; and from him the reformed, at that time, received the appellation of Waldenses or Waldoys.</p>\n<p>Pope Alexander III being informed by the bishop of Lyons of these transactions, excommunicated Waldo and his adherents, and commanded the bishop to exterminate them, if possible, from the face of the earth; hence began the papal persecutions against the Waldenses.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Persecutions of the Albigenses</strong></p>\n<p>The Albigenses were a people of the reformed religion, who inhabited the country of Albi. They were condemned on the score of religion in the Council of Lateran, by order of Pope Alexander III. Nevertheless, they increased so prodigiously, that many cities were inhabited by persons only of their persuasion, and several eminent noblemen embraced their doctrines.</p>\n<p>The reformation of papistical error very early was projected in France; for in the third century a learned man, named Almericus, and six of his disciples, were ordered to be burnt at Paris for asserting that God was no otherwise present in the sacramental bread than in any other bread; that it was idolatry to build altars or shrines to saints and that it was ridiculous to offer incense to them.</p>\n<p>The martyrdom of Almericus and his pupils did not, however, prevent many from acknowledging the justness of his notions, and seeing the purity of the reformed religion, so that the faith of Christ continually increased, and in time not only spread itself over many parts of France, but diffused the light of the Gospel over various other countries.</p>\n<p>In the year 1524, at a town in France, called Melden, one John Clark set up a bill on the church door, wherein he called the pope Antichrist. For this offence he was repeatedly whipped, and then branded on the forehead. Going afterward to Mentz, in Lorraine, he demolished some images, for which he had his right hand and nose cut off, and his arms and breast torn with pincers. He sustained these cruelties with amazing fortitude, and was even sufficiently cool to sing the One hundredth and fifteenth Psalm, which expressly forbids idolatry; after which he was thrown into the fire, and burnt to ashes.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>An Account of the Inquisition</strong></p>\n<p>When the reformed religion began to diffuse the Gospel light throughout Europe, Pope Innocent III entertained great fear for the Romish Church. He accordingly instituted a number of inquisitors, or persons who were to make inquiry after, apprehend, and punish, heretics, as the reformed were called by the papists.</p>\n<p>At the head of these inquisitors was one Dominic, who had been canonized by the pope, in order to render his authority the more respectable. Dominic, and the other inquisitors, spread themselves into various Roman Catholic countries, and treated the Protestants with the utmost severity. In process of time, the pope, not finding these roving inquisitors so useful as he had imagined, resolved upon the establishment of fixed and regular courts of Inquisition. After the order for these regular courts, the first office of Inquisition was established in the city of Toulouse, and Dominic became the first regular inquisitor, as he had before been the first roving inquisitor.</p>\n<p>Courts of Inquisition were now erected in several countries; but the Spanish Inquisition became the most powerful, and the most dreaded of any. Even the kings of Spain themselves, though arbitrary in all other respects, were taught to dread the power of the lords of the Inquisition; and the horrid cruelties they exercised compelled multitudes, who differed in opinion from the Roman Catholics, carefully to conceal their sentiments.</p>\n<p>The most zealous of all the popish monks, and those who most implicitly obeyed the Church of Rome, were the Dominicans and Franciscans: these, therefore, the pope thought proper to invest with an exclusive right of presiding over the different courts of Inquisition, and gave them the most unlimited powers, as judges delegated by him, and immediately representing his person: they were permitted to excommunicate, or sentence to death whom they thought proper, upon the most slight information of heresy. 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Syrian and Iranian military officials purportedly proposed that Hezbollah and the Palestinian terrorist organizations start heating up Israel&#8217;s borders in the coming days to draw the attention from the world&#8217;s focus on the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs. (article postsript: Hamas vows to unite with Iran if Israel attacks. <a href=\"http://www.raptureforums.com/RaptureReport/rapturereport12152009.cfm\" target=\"blank\">Click here </a>to read article.)</p>\n<p>Additionally, Hassan Nasrallah the Secretary General of Hezbollah, brought a delegation from Lebanon to participate in this important Damascus meeting. Hassan Nasrallah had previously advocated this type of antagonistic behavior toward Israel on September 18, 2009, when he declared Hezbollah can presently wipe out one-half of Israel’s army and that Israel should be <a href=\"http://prophecydepot.blogspot.com/2009/10/hezbollah-can-destroy-half-of-israels.html\" target=\"blank\">wiped off of the map.</a></p>\n<p>It appears as though things are about to go ballistic in the Middle East. Should a war break out between Israel and the parties listed above, it could segue into a sequence of events foretold in the Bible. Three Mideast centered prophecies are strongly bleeping on the prophetic radar presently. They are Isaiah 17:1, Psalm 83, and Ezekiel 38 &amp; 39. These three major prophecies have a myriad of subset prophecies, like Ezekiel 25:14, 37:10, Obadiah 1:18, Jeremiah 49:1-27 and many more that seem interconnected. These three prophecies were alluded to frequently among the attendees at the Pre-Trib conference.</p>\n<p>While attending on December 8, 2009 I visited with <a href=\"http://www.watch.org/\" target=\"blank\">Bill Koenig</a>,<em> </em>a respected eschatologist and white house correspondent. He said that Syria supposedly has the most advanced scuds in the world. Additionally, we discussed the possibility that Saddam Hussein may have smuggled many of his chemical warheads into Syria before the 2003 U.S. led invasion of Iraq. I commented to Bill Koenig that; “<em>Should any chemicals penetrate into Israeli soil, I suspect Israel might attack Damascus and ultimately bring about the fulfillment of Isaiah 17:1</em>”. (Isaiah 17:1 alludes to the final destruction of Damascus)</p>\n<p>Also we discussed the upcoming massive civilian defense drill potentially scheduled for the middle of January 2010 in Israel. Several people at the conference had heard about this drill, which is being performed in preparation for a potential multi-front war with Hezbollah, Syria, Hamas, and perhaps Iran. This exercise is intended to prepare Israelis for an attack of a chemical and biological nature. Also Koenig concurred that <a href=\"http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1257770034228&amp;pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull\" target=\"blank\">gas masks</a> are going to be re-distributed on a wide scale in Israel in January 2010, seemingly for such a scenario.</p>\n<p>Regarding chemical warfare, the Kuwaiti Daily reported in the summer of 2008 that chemical components enabling the production of mustard gas made their way through Iran and Syria into Hezbollah&#8217;s hands. There is legitimate concern that deadly chemicals may already be mounted within many of <a href=\"http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2009/09/hezbullah-said-to-be-preparing-chemical.html\" target=\"blank\">Hezbollah’s rocket warheads</a>. Koenig believes that there are presently 50,000 rockets in Hezbollah&#8217;s arsenal. In the 34 day conflict between Hezbollah and Israel during the summer of 2006, Hezbollah launched approximately 4000 rockets into many parts of Northern Israel. This proved to be an embarrassing wakeup call to Israeli Defense Forces and their leadership.</p>\n<p>Recently in a televised speech on Al Quds day this past September Hezbollah Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, discouraged all Arab allegiance with Israel and encouraged a multi-front war instead. He said &#8220;<em>the next Mideast war will change the maps&#8221;</em>, inferring that in the aftermath new maps would be drawn without the nation of Israel upon them. Undoubtedly, Hezbollah defiance is due to their success in 2006 and their abundant arsenal amassed presently in 2009.</p>\n<p>In my estimation this coming war will be unlike any other Mideast war throughout the entirety of history. I had dinner with <a href=\"http://www.prophecytoday.com/\" target=\"blank\">Jimmy DeYoung</a>, the widely respected end time’s expert, on December 7, 2009 and he, like most everyone else I spoke with at the conference about the subject, believes that Israel will pre-empt a strike against Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites in the near future. &#8220;<em>They have to</em>&#8220;, he said. The possible, albeit speculative, scenario I am suggesting to prepare for is as follows:</p>\n<p><strong>1. Israeli </strong><strong>Pre</strong><strong></strong><strong>-</strong><strong>empted</strong><strong></strong><strong> strike against Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites.</strong><strong><br />\n<strong>2. Iran and / or proxies</strong></strong> (<em>Hezbollah</em><em>, Syria</em><em>, </em><em>Hamas</em>)<strong> retaliate.</strong><strong><br />\n<strong>3. Israel uses Scalar Technology against Damascus</strong><br />\n<strong>4. 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Additionally the Palestinian Refugee Plight is climaxing presently and, if the scenario I&#8217;m suggesting occurs, it could come full front and center in the midst of this major conflict.</em><em><br />\n<strong>I believe these refugees are represented as the &#8220;tents of </strong><strong>Edom</strong><strong></strong><strong>&#8221; in Psalm 83:6.</strong><br />\n</em><strong>9. Israel recognizes Arab military intentions and launches further preemptive strikes on its Arab neighbors and strikes religious sites in Saudi Arabia and overtakes the Al-</strong><strong>Aqsa</strong><strong></strong><strong> Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.</strong> (Jimmy DeYoung informed me that the priestly garb is presently being prepared for about 28,000 Levites. DeYoung declared, <em>They are saying in Israel today; &#8220;When the dome comes down, the priestly garments come out&#8221;!</em> )<br />\n<strong>10. 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It shows us the deep religious sentiment prevailing amongst many of the people. The Tabernacle of the Lord, in this Study styled the Temple, was located at Shiloh, a few miles north of Jerusalem. The priest in charge was Eli. The people by Divine direction went annually to worship the Lord, to offer sacrifice, etc., at the Feast time, the Passover.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.finaltrump.com/wp-content/uploads/Samuel.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3118\" title=\"Samuel\" src=\"http://www.finaltrump.com/wp-content/uploads/Samuel.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel\" width=\"255\" height=\"292\" /></a>The father and the mother of Samuel were of these annual worshipers before Samuel was born. It was on the occasion of one of these visits that Hannah made earnest prayer to the Lord for a son, vowing that if her petition was granted, her son should be devoted to the Lord&#8217;s service for life. Her prayer was answered. The child was born and named Samuel, which signifies In God&#8217;s Name. When he was weaned he was presented to the Lord through Eli, the priest&#8211;to be the latter&#8217;s servant, assistant, in the service of the Tabernacle and the service of the priest&#8217;s home, which was connected with the Tabernacle. The word weaned we may properly understand to signify, not the time merely when the child ceased to receive suck from the mother, but the time when he was able to do without his mother&#8217;s care&#8211;probably ten years old.</p>\n<p><strong>PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD CHILDREN</strong></p>\n<p>It is difficult to imagine the value to a child of being well-born&#8211;born of healthy parents, and particularly of intelligent and God-fearing parents. Few realize the dignity and responsibility of the parental office. 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But by the third time Eli the priest realized that it was God who had called Samuel; and he instructed the lad that if the voice should again be heard, he should answer, &#8220;Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.&#8221; And so it was. The voice came again, and apparently the angel of the Lord appeared to Samuel at the same time. Then the Lord gave a message to Samuel respecting Eli&#8211;foretelling the sad end of the lives of his two sons, and Eli&#8217;s own death, and that Eli&#8217;s family should nevermore serve the Lord as priests. The inference is given that Eli&#8217;s sons misused their position as under priests, taking more of the sacrifices than they were properly allowed in the Divine arrangement, and besides this, practicing immorality, and thus misleading the people into unrighteousness, whereas, as the Lord&#8217;s servants and priests, they should have been instructors of the people in righteousness, both by precept and example.</p>\n<p><strong>DIVINE DISAPPROVAL OF WEAK CHARACTER</strong></p>\n<p>This was not the first time that the Lord had reproved Eli regarding the wrong course of his sons and what would happen. Years before a message had been sent him on this very subject, and although Eli himself apparently was faithful and loyal to God, he had not restrained his sons; hence he was a sharer in the penalty which came upon his sons.</p>\n<p>In the morning Eli inquired of Samuel whether or not the Lord had spoken any further, and what He said. It was a trial to Samuel to tell his friend and benefactor, who was like a father to him, respecting the Lord&#8217;s criticism and pronouncement of judgment against himself and his family; but Eli demanded to know the full particulars, and we read that &#8220;Samuel told him every whit.&#8221; Thus it is often with the Lord&#8217;s faithful servants; their tenderness of heart, their sympathy, might prompt them to hide, to cover, matters which their sense of duty may require them to speak boldly. In every case the individual&#8217;s conscience must be educated, and of course the Word of God is the educator.</p>\n<p>When Eli heard what the Lord had declared respecting his family, he answered most loyally, &#8220;It is the Lord: let Him do what seemeth Him good.&#8221; But however faithful and submissive he may thus appear to be, we know that his character was not satisfactory to God. There are many like Eli, willing to take, without murmuring, the<strong> </strong>punishments which God metes out; but the Lord prefers characters that are stronger. Eli would have been more pleasing to the Lord had he had more firmness of character&#8211; a clearer appreciation of his duty toward the Lord as His servant, and toward his children as their father. We may be sure that strong characters are more pleasing to everybody. They may in some respects be more difficult to deal with; but, nevertheless, firmness of character is something that is a jewel, highly esteemed by all wise men and women, as well as by the Lord.</p>\n<p>Samuel grew in favor with God and with Eli and with all the people of Israel, as they came to know him; and they perceived that the Spirit of the Lord was with him, and that he would be a representative of God amongst them.</p>\n<p>All in Samuel&#8217;s time could not be priests, but only those of the priestly tribe. All then could not be prophets, but merely such as God was pleased to use as His mouthpieces. 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