Parsha
Terumah
Exodus
25:1 – 27:21
Please
Pray this
Prayer
Before
reading.
In the name of Yahushua
Our
Messiyah,
I
pray for the Spirit of Understanding
The
Spirit of Knowledge and
The
Spirit of Wisdom
As I read through this Parsha
The underlying them of Terumah is this: All ABBA YAHVEH
wants for us is to truly desire His Light, which is to build our Menorah.
Once we have accomplished this everything will be available to us.
The Yisraelites were struggling to find material to build
the Tabernacle, but when they awaken withen their community desire to give more
than they were capable of giving, ABBA YAHVEH help them. This Torah portion of
Terumah is all about our desire.
In this Parsha EL YAHVEH, is about to establish a
different Principle to illustrate how to achieve His Ultimate objective, that
is to create perfect Sons. The Tabernacle is the resting place for EL YAHVEH
Presence, also call the Shechinah Glory.
With the exception of the tragic incident of the Golden
Calf (32-33), the rest of the Book of Exodus is devoted to the preparations for
and the construction of the Mishkan, the dwelling place or the Tabernacle.
Today, we as believers are the ultimate objective for the Presence of EL YAHVEH
to dwell in.
Even the account of the Golden Calf is not unrelated to
the Tabernacle for the very construction of the Tabernacle was made necessary
only because the Children of Yisrael lapse into idolatry.
Ideally no tabernacle should have been needed after the
Revelation at Mount Sinai, the entire nation had a chance to achieve a level of
prophecy, unheard of in the history of mankind, a mass Burning Bush experience,
only grander in scale, but comparable to that of Moses.
The Shechinah Glory was supposed to rest on the entire
Camp, as it later did on the Tabernacle, the Temple
It is only after the Children of Yisrael gave up that
chance for a high level of spirituality, as a result of the worship of the
Golden Calf, did it become necessary for it to have a substitute Tabernacle.
The fact that the instructions regarding the erection of
the Tabernacle were given in this chapter is an instance of the common
principle that the Torah is not always written in the chronological order in
which the events occurred.
The commandments regarding the Tabernacle are given here
because the Tabernacle, a physical manifestation of the so-called rituals and
laws are interrelated. The redemption from Egypt
was not complete with the physical departure from Egypt
as Christianity teaches, nor was it to be completed at Mount
Sinai , the giving of the Ten Commandment, even though the
Revelation at Sinai was the goal of the Exodus.
The Exodus from Egypt
The construction of the Tabernacle was to be a permanent
reminder to the Children of Yisrael, of what they could have achieved at Sinai.
The Tabernacle as a whole and in its many parts was symbolic of the historic
experience at Mount Sinai . The Ark was to be a portable Mount Sinai ,
meaning that anytime anyone of the Children of Yisrael could make the effort to
experience what they could achieve at Sinai.
In essence the Tabernacle was intended to be the central
rallying point of the people, surrounded by the tribes and topped by the cloud
of YAHVEH’s presence; its three compartments, illustrate the different levels
spiritually, that every believer regardless of their position could achieve.
Exo 25:1 EL YAHVEH said to
Moshe, - To emphasize again it is EL YAHVEH Himself who is
speaking. We cannot swear falsely or used His name in any situation in which He
did not speak.
Exo 25:2 "Tell the people of Yisra'el to take up
a collection for me -accept a contribution from anyone who wholeheartedly wants
to give. – In preparation for building the Tabernacle, the
Yisraelites had to gather gold, silver, animal skins, and other fabric.
According to Torah, ABBA YAHVEH instructs Moses to speak to the Children of
Yisrael, telling them that they should take from HIM a Terumah.
The word Terumah is often translated as “charity”
or giving, so at first glance, it appears that the Yisraelites were being told
to give something of their own. But this was taken from Me a Terumah means that
Yisraelites were to take something that rightfully belonged to the CREATOR and
contribute this to the building of the Tabernacle.
The CREATOR intended that Yisrael should give
whatever they could of their own belongings and that Moses would then awaken their
true desire to give more. Had they given only what they were physically capable
of giving, without kindling their desire to do more, there would not have been
material enough to build the Tabernacle.
However, because their desire to give was so strong,
it was supported by the Creator. In other words, if Yisrael had only one piece
of gold, but the desire to give two pieces, the CREATOR would allow the gold to
be multiply according to our desire to give.
This Torah portion elucidates the idea that desire
is a very important thing in the believer’s life. Desire is everything. It was
Moses’ true desire that the Menorah should reveal the Light of the CREATOR, HE
need more believers like Moses with a tremendous desire to reveal the Light of
the Menorah and to manifest this awesome tool to the world.
The majority of humans believe it is themselves who
accomplish what they achieved in this world, but Moses knew batter. Moses knew
that he could only achieve true desire apart from the Light of the CREATOR.
When we help someone, if we think it is we who are doing the work, we will
accomplish very little. It is only when we realize that we cannot do anything
except awaken in ourselves the desire for the light, can the CREATOR step in
and helps.
Then and only then, do miracle become possible. The
Purpose of the discussion back and forth between the CREATOR and Moses at Mt. S i
In the context of this Torah portion, poses a wonderful
question: how do we know if the Light of the CREATOR is in someone, or within
us? The only way to be sure is to sense the desire for the Light, either in
ourselves or in someone else.
What we know and how we act are not accurate
indications of how connected we are to the Light of the CREATOR. A person can
be amazingly successful or wis Galati
On this particular Shabbat, we need to ask the
CREATOR to please give us an awakening of Spiritual desire for Wisdom and
Understanding, council and authority, knowledge and the fear of YAHVEH, because
this is the source of everything that is good and true.
It is incumbent on all true ministers of Torah to
convey the uncompromised Word to the people. Take up a free will offering; not
an offering that have been coerce. People should contribute for the building of
the Tabernacle purely for the love of EL YAHVEH, not because of social pressure
or inquest of honor. The terms take means to receive or request, this is not a
levy a tax on them, but voluntary contribution.
Exo 25:3 The contribution you are to take from them is
to consist of gold, silver and bronze; - There were
three separate portions of silver, two of which were obligatory. They were:
half-shekel portions from every Hebrew that was used to make the sockets for
the Tabernacle planks, and an annual half shekel portion that went into a fund
to purchase communal offerings for the Temple
The three types of metal, illustrate the three types
of people, those in the Holy of holies, those in the Holy Place Outer Court
Exo 25:4 blue, purple and scarlet yarn; fine linen,
goat's hair, - The first three items in this verse are different
colors of wool. Techeiles, the first of the three, was made from the secretion
of a rare amphibious animal known as chilazon, whose exact identity has become
forgotten with the passage of time.
Exo 25:5 tanned ram skins
and fine leather; acacia-wood; - According to the Stone Chumash
the ram skin is made from the tachash skin a beautiful colored animal that
existed at that time. Its hide was used to make a Cover for the Tabernacle.
Acacia wood comes from the Acacia tree, a thorny plant, very dense.
Exo 25:6 oil for the
light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; - Pure virgin oil for the lamp.
Spices were needed as ingredient in the anointment oil for the Tabernacle and
its vessels, kings and kohanim and for the daily incense offering.
Exo 25:7 onyx stones and other stones to be set, for
the ritual vest and breastplate. – Various precious and semi-precious stones were used in the vestment
of the Kohem Gadol, High Priest. They will be describe in chapter 28.
Exo 25:8 “They are to make
me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them. – The
sanctuary was to be a structure dedicated to YAHVEH’s service. Elegant synagogues
are meaningless unless they are build for the sake of EL YAHVEH. So that I may
dwell among them.
The original purpose was for us to build up our
body that EL YAHVEH may dwell in us. Like everything He has shown us, in the
manner that YAHVEH Presence Himself that was shown to us on Mount
Sinai was to revel the Divine purpose.
Exo 25:9 you are to make
it according to everything I show you - the design of the tabernacle and the
design of its furnishings. This is how you are to make it. – The
Pattern must be made exactly according to what EL YAHVEH showed Moses. This is
only one of several warning to Moses and to the rest of the redeem community,
to make sure we build our lives His way. The road to Heavens is straight and
narrow. The design of the Tabernacle is one of the perfect plan EL YAHVEH gave
to the redeem community; nothing about it must be of man doing, except for
obedience.
Exo
25:10 “They
are to make an ark of acacia-wood two and a half cubits its length; a cubit and
a half its width; and a cubit and a half its height. – One of the
Principles EL YAHVEH institute, is that He always reveal the objective first.
Moses was told to build a Tabernacle; the first project in completing this task
was to build the Ark
The two long side are 2.5 cubits each making it 5
cubit, five is the number of Grace. Grace is very essential in our spiritual
development. The other two sides are both 1.5 making 3 cubits. The number 3
represent Divine completeness and perfection.
Exo
25:11 You are to overlay it with pure gold -overlay
it both inside and outside -and put a molding of gold around the top of it. – The Ark
Exo
25:12 Cast
four gold rings for it, and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side. – There were a total of four
rings, two of which were on one side and two of which were on the other, and
the staves (poles) were inserted into them. The rings were placed near the top
of the width of the Ark Ark was carried, its bearer stood along
the Ark
Exo
25:13
Make poles of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold. – The pole
that supports the Ark was to be of the same substance
as the Ark
Exo
25:14
Put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark; you will use them to
carry the ark. – Both poles, one represent the Torah and
the other represent the Menorah; the Word and the Holy Spirit, must always be
the supporting bars of the Ark. Holy Place
Exo
25:15 The poles are to remain in the rings of the
ark; they are not to be removed from it. – If one of these poles should
be removed, it would be almost impossible to move the Ark
Exo
25:16 Into the ark you are to put the testimony
which I am about to give you. – The objective of every believer is to
be the source of the Testimony of our Creator, the Torah. See also Exo 40:20.
Exo
25:17
"You are to make a cover for the ark out of pure gold; it is
to be two and a half cubits long and a cubic and a half its width. – The
Covering of the Ark was to be made of solid
gold, and was made to lay flat on top of the four walls of the Ark. Ark Mount Sinai ,
it was an illustration that it was the Children of Yisrael, EL YAHVEH wanted to
come and rest Himself upon the people.
Exo 25:18 you are to make two k'ruvim of gold. Make them
of hammered work for the two ends of the ark-cover. The two Cherubim
one on each end of the Cover, They had large wings and the face of children.
The Cherubim were not made separately and then attached to the Cover. The
entire Cherubim had to be hammered out, of one large piece of gold.
The term hammered, signified the process we have to
endure to become a person on which the Shechinah Glory rest. Consider it all
joy when people will say all manner of things about us falsely.
The covering also is translated mercy seat. We also
know that our forgiveness and covering of our sins is by the blood of the Slain
Lamb. That Lamb is Yahushua.
Exo
25:19 Make one koru(Churub) for one end and one
koru(Cherub) for the other end; make the k'ruvim of one piece with the
ark-cover at its two ends. – It was two Cherubim’s that
guard the way back to the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve was driven out, it
is two Cherubim that also guard the very presence of EL YAHVEH, for the mature
believer.
Exo
25:20 The k'ruvim will have their wings spread out
above, so that their wings cover the ark, and their faces are toward each other
and toward the ark-cover. – Instead of the sword that
spine every way, that protect the entrance to Eden, the mature believer will be
covered by the wings of these most powerful of Cherubim.
Exo
25:21 You are to put the ark-cover on top of the
ark. "Inside the ark you will put the testimony that I am about to give
you. – The covering for the believer must be on top of
the Ark. Ark Ark Ark
If the Ark
contains the Covenant, and we are supposed to be the ones who are suppose to
learn and safeguard the covenant, and the covering is place on top of the Ark
Exo
25:22 There I will meet with you. I will speak with
you from above the Ark-cover, from between the two k'ruvim which are on the ark
for the testimony, about all the orders I am giving you for the people of Yisra'el.
– When EL YAHVEH spoke to Moses, the Voice would come from Heavens to
the Top of the Cover, and from between the Cherubim it would emanate to where
Moses stood, in the outer court.
When a believer reaches this lofty position of a
Mature Believer, like Moses we will hear the Voice of EL YAHVEH. We are warned
in Revelation 3:13; 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit. Hearing is first of all a spiritual condition.
Notice
the order in which the furniture of the Tabernacle are being built. First the Ark Holy Place
Exo
25:23 “You are to make a table of acacia-wood two
cubits its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. – Again this
Altar like the Ark
Exo
25:24 Overlay it with pure gold, and put a molding
of gold around the top of it. – The Torah, the Word. The Altar of Showbread is one of the same things.
The Word without the Holy Spirit is just another religious activity. The Word
with the Holy Spirit brings forth life. We must set a mold a guard around the
Torah, for it is our Constitution. It must be regarded as an instrument for
perfection; nothing about it can ever be change.
Exo
25:25
Make around it a rim a handbreadth wide, and put a molding of gold
around the rim. – The contents must be
protected from distortion by the Mighty Hand, of the Apostle, Prophet,
Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher. This mighty hand must always be in the
Shechinah Glory in the implication of this Altar. Too often, too many people
tend to want to minister at this Altar who have no understanding of the Truth.
Exo
25:26 Make four gold rings for it, and attach the
rings to the four corners, near its four legs. – This
Alter must be set up in the four corner of the Globe. Mar 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into
all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature. The four rings are
the Prophet, evangelist, pastors and the teachers.
Exo
25:27
The rings to hold the poles used to carry the table are to be placed close to
the rim. – The four rings are to carry the Torah
and the Holy Spirit into the entire world. The two poles used to support this
Altar are still those who are filled with the Word and the Spirit.
Exo
25:28 Make the poles of acacia-wood, overlay them
with gold, and use them to carry the table. – The pole used to carry this Altar is
those who are balance in both the Word and the Spirit, one pole should not be
longer than the other, they must be balance.
Exo
25:29 Make its dishes, pans, bowls and pitchers of
pure gold. – This verse
lists the utensils that were used in conjunction with the Table. There were
twelve dishes for the feeding of the twelve tribes. Within each of the twelve’s
tribes are several pans, and individual bowls. Regardless if we eat from a
dish, a pan, or a bowl the bread is sufficient to fill our spiritual appetite.
Two spoon of Frankincense were place upon the two pile of bread.
Exo
25:30 On
the table you are to place the bread of the presence in my presence always. – Every sixth day, twelve loaves of bread
were baked. They were place on this Table on the Sabbath; the old breads
(Parasha) were divided among the Priest.
The
Menorah in its simplest form, its base, the difference branches, the different
ornaments are all symbolic. It is place in the Holy Place
The
Menorah whose flame are fed by the purest oil of the olive, symbolized the
illumination of the intellect. This Altar was place on the southern part of the
Holy of Holies opposite the Alter of Showbread on the North.
The
seven light of the Menorah are describe in Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of יהוה 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 יהוה , Revelation 5:6 And I looked and saw in the midst of the
throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders a Lamb
standing, as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are
the seven Spirits of Elohim sent out into all the earth.
Exo
25:31
“You are to make a menorah of pure gold. It is to be made of hammered work; its
base, shaft, cups, ring of outer leaves and petals are to be of one piece with
it. – This is the first Altar that is made
from solid gold with no Acacia wood. This Altar is a representative of the
Spirit of EL YAHVEH. This is a symbol of who we are called to be. It is to be
made from solid gold hammered into shape by the circumstance of life.
The Spirit of Wisdom
is the ability to walk according to Torah, The Spirit of Understanding is to
understand Torah, The Spirit of Counsel is to give advice using Torah, The
Spirit of Authority is to walk in the authority of Torah. The Spirit of
Knowledge is the Knowledge of Torah; The Spirit of Fear of EL YAHVEH is to have
a reverence of The King of Kings.
Exo
25:32 It
is to have six branches extending from its sides, three branches of the menorah
on one side of it and three on the other. - The six branches were to
grow out of the Spirit of EL YAHVEH, the Spirit of Wisdom, the Spirit of
Counsel and Knowledge on one side, the Spirit of Understanding, Might, and the
Fear of EL YAHVEH on the other. Isa 6:2 above it stood seraphim. Each one had six wings: with two
he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And
one cried to another and said, “ Holy, Holy, Holy or Set-apart, set-apart,
set-apart is יהוה of hosts; all the earth
is filled with His esteem! It is
the job of the Holy Spirit to set believers apart unto EL YAHVEH.
Rev 4:8 And the four
living creatures, each having six wings, were covered with eyes around and
within. And they do not cease, day or night, saying, “Set-apart, set-apart,
set-apart, יהוה Ěl SHADDAI, who was, and who is, and who is
coming!” – Every human has within them the very essence of EL YAHVEH. We are told
that when we were created EL YAHVEH breath into our body the breath of life,
this breath of life is the seed of the Holy Spirit. This seed begins to grow
the moment we accept Yahushua (Jesus Christ) as Lord. Our Lord and Savor send
us the Holy Spirit to help us build or grow our Menorah to maturity. The sixth
days of Creation are the sixth stages in our spiritual development. Upon
completion of these sixth stages we will become a spiritual mature individual.
The Ark of the Covenant is another example of that maturity factor.
Exo
25:33 On one branch are to be three cups shaped
like almond blossoms, each with a ring of outer leaves and petals; likewise on
the opposite branch three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a ring of
outer leaves and petals; and similarly for all six branches extending from the
menorah. – Each branch of the Menorah is described
in the book of Proverbs. 3:13 Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, And the
man who gets understanding; 8:14 “Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, mightiness is mine. Pro 14:18 The simple shall inherit folly, But the
clever are crowned with knowledge. Pro 14:26 In the fear of יהוה is strong trust, And His children have a place of refuge.27 The fear of
יהוה is a fountain of life, To turn away from the
snares of death. These three cups represent Almond fruits, the same as
Aaron Rod that bud. The Almond plant bare fruits every year, each branch should
take three years to develop, or to come to maturity.
Exo
25:34 On
the central shaft of the menorah are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms,
each with its ring of outer leaves and petals. – In Lev 19:23 ‘And when you come into the land, and have
planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall reckon their fruit as
uncircumcised. For three years it is as uncircumcised to you, it is not eaten.
24 ‘And in the fourth year all its fruit is set-apart – praises to יהוה . 25 ‘And in
the fifth year you eat its fruit, so that it increases its yield to you. I am יהוה your Elohim. – The six days of
Creation and the Almond fruits of the Menorah are one of the same, we build our
Menorah as we read through our Torah each week and each yearly cycle. The
different fruits are the fruit of the Spirit we develop each year. The quality
of fruits depends on our obedience to Torah’s commandments.
Exo
25:35 Where each pair of branches joins the central
shaft is to be a ring of outer leaves of one piece with the pair of branches
-thus for all six branches. – Last year
fruits are the source of the next year growth.
Exo
25:36
The rings of outer leaves and their branches are to be of one piece with the
shaft. Thus the whole menorah is to be a single piece of hammered work made of
pure gold. – The Menorah must be ,made from one
solid piece of gold, meaning that our spiritual life must be made out of one
single principle found only in Torah and not a hodge-podge of separate bits and
pieces, grafted together to suit anyone’s convenience. All area of a believer
life must derive from the same set of values found only in the Torah.
Exo 25:37 "Make seven lamps for the menorah, and
mount them so as to give light to the space in front of it.
Exo
25:38
Its tongs and trays are to be of pure gold. – These
are the implements that were used to clean and prepare the lamps. With the
tongs, the Kohen would grip the wicks to place them in the oil. The spoons were
used to remove the previous day’s ash and other residue so that the lamps could
be prepared for the new day’s lighting. We cannot use a person who has not
built their personal Menorah, to instruct or help someone else build theirs. To
often in Christianity, we have children spiritually trying to teach other how
to come maturity.
Exo
25:39
The menorah and its utensils are to be made of a talent of pure gold. - A Talents is three thousand shekels or approximately 2400 ounces.
Exo
25:40 See that you make them according to the
design being shown you on the mountain. – In
the construction of this Altar we are to make it according to the pattern or
the standard out line in Torah. No manmade opinion is acceptable in the Kingdom of Heavens
This
next Chapter starts with the covering of the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle had
three or four cover, one on top of the other, two of them are made of fabric
and the other of animal hide.
It was
known as the tabernacle tent or cover. It is note worthy that the one that rest
immediately atop the structure’s air space was known simply as the Mishkan, implying that the cover represented
the function of the entire structure of the same name.
By
covering the inside of the Holy Place and Holy of Holies with this covering, it
unified everything that was inside the Tabernacle, meaning that the Ark, Table,
Menorah, and Golden Altar were not unrelated vessels, each performing its own
separate task, but were all part of a united whole.
Indeed,
this represents the Philosophy of Torah; Learning, the ritual, business practices,
and so on, do not spin in a separate orbit apart from Torah, but work together
towards a single spiritual goal.
The
first covering is a representation of the singleness in purpose that joins both
the Holy Place Altars and The Holy of Holies Ark of the Covenant. This
corresponds to the thesis that the curtains of the Tabernacle symbolized the
unification of all the elements of the Tabernacle.
In order
to understand how the covering was place upon the Mishkan, it is necessary to
know the dimensions of the structure and the thickness of its walls. These
computations will be look at as well as the dimension of covering.
Chapter 26
Exo 26:1 “You are to make
the tabernacle with ten sheets of finely woven linen and with blue, purple and
scarlet yarn. You are to make them with k'ruvim worked in, that have been
crafted by a skilled artisan. – The fabric
was to be made from blue, purple, and red fabrics. Blue represent Divine
character, purple represent royalty, and red represent the atoning blood. Ten
is the number of Divine perfection. There
are 10 commandments (Ex. 20); 1/10 of your income is a tithe; the were
10 plagues on Egypt (Ex. 9:14ff); 10 x 10 silver sockets formed the foundation
of the Tabernacle (Ex 38:27); There are 10 "I AM"'s spoken by Messiyah”
in John: 1) I am the Bread of Life (6:35); 2) I am the Bread of Life which came
down from Heavens (6:41); 3) I am the Living Bread (6:51); 4) I am the Light of
the world (8:12); 5) I am One that bears witness of Myself (8:18); 6) I am the
Door of the sheep (10:7,9); 7) I am the Good Shepherd (10:14); 8) I am the
Resurrection and the Life (14:6); 9) I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life
(11:25); and 10) I am the True Vine (15:1,5). Ten is also the number testimony, law, and responsibility.
Exo 26:2 Each one is to be
twenty-eight cubit long and four cubits wide; all the sheets are to be the same
size. - Twenty is the number of redemption; eight is the
number of new beginning. 8 people on Noah's Ark
Exo 26:3 Five sheets are
to be joined one to another, and the other five sheets are to be joined one to
another. – Five is the number of YAHVEH Grace
while two is the number of union or division.
Exo 26:4 Make loops of
blue on the edge of the outermost sheet in the first set, and do the same on
the edge of the outermost sheet in the second set. – Blue is the color of the sky, symbolizing Heavenly
character. This character is what Galatians 5:21 call the fruit of the Spirit.
Exo 26:5 Make fifty loops
on the one sheet, and make fifty loops on the edge of the sheet in the second
set; the loops are to be opposite one another. – Fifty is the Number of the Holy Spirit, as in fifty days
to Pentecost. This Heavenly character must be the instrument used to bind the
believer together in love.
Exo 26:6 Make fifty
fasteners of gold, and couple the sheets to each other with the fasteners, so
that the tabernacle forms a single unit. - These fifty gold fasteners are symbolic of the Holy Spirit,
the unifying Force of the universe. 2Co 4:13 but having the same spirit of belief,
according to what has been written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also
believe, therefore we also speak,
Exo 26:7 "You are to make sheets of goat's hair
to be used as a tent covering the tabernacle; make eleven sheets. – The second covering, called a tent was place directly
over the first covering; there were no space between them. There were to be
eleven of them. Eleven is the number of judgment and disorder. The goat hair is
from the sacrificial goat called Yahushua, or Jesus Christ.
The
second covering was made of goat hair. This covering symbolized the need for
the sin offering and for cleansing. It is significant that this outer curtain
of goat hair was laid on top of the inner curtain. If the inner curtain is
symbolic of purity and righteousness, then the place for the goat hair is most
appropriate. It clearly pictures that a person’s sins must be forgiven before
he can appreciate a Righteous Elohim.
Most likely, this goatskin covering was black.
This covering of goat hair was coarse to touch, unlike the soft fine linen of
the inner curtains. Contrasted with the beautiful blue, purple, and scarlet
curtain that was embroidered with cherubim, the curtains of goat hair speak of
sacrifice, the fact that YAHVEH forgives our sins through the blood of the
sacrifice.
Exo 26:8
Each
sheet is to be thirty cubit and four
cubit wide -all eleven sheets are to be the same size. – Thirty represent the Blood of
Yahushua (Jesus Christ) and four for the world. The Blood of Yahushua is for
the world.
Exo 26:9
Join
five sheets together and six sheets together, and fold the sixth sheet double
at the front of the tent.
- Five represent grace, while six represent the Weakness of man the flesh, evils of Satan, manifestation of sin. Grace
must be coupled to the weakness of man to allow him to come to maturity.
Exo
26:10
Make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost sheet in the first set and fifty
loops on the edge of the outermost sheet in the second set. – It is the Holy Spirit that joins the covering of one body
to another. As it is the Holy Spirit that keep the covering of the Tabernacle,
the Mishkan together.
Exo
26:11
Make fifty fasteners of bronze, put the fasteners in the loops, and join the
tent together, so that it forms a single unit. - We are to make fifty fastener of bronze, where bronze
represents redemption. Without redemption the Tabernacle could not be a unified
whole, without redemption we would not have access to the different Altars of
the Tabernacle.
Exo
26:12 As
for the overhanging part that remains of the sheets forming the tent, the half-sheet remaining is to hang over the back
of the tabernacle;
Exo
26:13
and the cubit on the one side and the cubic on the other side of that remaining
in the length of the sheets forming the tent is to hang over the tabernacle to
cover it on each side. – Each
section of the Tabernacle curtains was four by twenty-eight cubits; each
section of the Tent curtain was four by thirty. Of these extra two cubits of
length, one should hang over the front and the other the back. This extra
symbolize that there is enough and even extra covering for the tabernacle and
more.
Exo
26:14
“You are to make a covering for the tent of tanned ram skins and an outer
covering of fine leather. – The
Tabernacle is to have two extra covering one from a ram skins and the other of
Tachash skins.
The
outer covering of leather is a picture of separation, of being protected from
the world and the things in the world.
The
believer need protection from the unclean things: 2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Messiyah, he is a renewed creature – the old matters have passed away, see, all matters have become renewed!1
Footnote: 1Rom. 6:2-22, Gal. 2:20, Eph. 4:22-24, Col. 3:10, 1 John
3:9-10. 18 And all matters are from Elohim, who has restored us to favor with
Himself through יהושע
Messiyah, and has given us the service of restoration to favor,
The believers need
protection from the pleasures of the world. 1Jn
2:15 do
not love the world nor that which is in the world. If anyone loves the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.1
Footnote: 1Jm. 4:4.16 Because all
that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.
Yahushua
protect us by saving us from the wrath of YAHVEH against sin and evil: Joh 3:16 “For Elohim so loved the world that He gave
His only brought-forth Son, so that everyone who believes in Him should not
perish but possess everlasting life.
Yahushua
protect us by sanctifying us, setting us apart unto YAHVEH. 1Co 1:30 And of Him you are in Messiyah יהושע, who became for us wisdom from Elohim,
righteousness also, and set-apartness and redemption,
Yahushua
protect us by surrounding us. Psa 125:2 As the mountains surround Yerushalayim, So יהוה surrounds His people, Now and forever.
Each of
them was ten by thirty cubits and they were place on top of the goat-hair
covering. Ten by thirty represent: the testimony of the Blood is our covering. Heb 9:14 how much more shall the blood of the
Messiyah, who through the everlasting Spirit offered Himself unblemished to
Elohim, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim?
Rev 12:11 “And they overcame him because of the Blood of the Lamb,
and because of the Word of their witness, and they did not love their lives to
the death.
The
Tabernacle’s its walls were made of huge planks of Acacia wood. Each of the
planks were ten cubits long, one and a half cubits wide one cubit thick. The
Tabernacle were ten cubits high, the north and the south wall were made of 20
planks making it thirty cubits long, the west and east wall was ten cubits
wide.
The
curtains and coverings would have been useless without the wooden framing. The
wooden framing had a very practical purpose: top support the curtain and the
covering. Instead of a solid wall of gold covered boards, it is most likely
that the Tabernacle was build like a trellis. A solid wall of board would have
blocked the inner linen curtains from being seen by the priest
Exo 26:15 “Make the upright planks for the tabernacle out of
acacia-wood. – These planks were to stand upright, stand erect. It is
those of us as human who have being covered by YAHVEH Glory that should stand
erect and hold up the Covering of EL YAHVEH to the world to see.
Exo 26:16 Each plank is to be ten cubit long and one and a half
cubicr wide. – Ten is the number of EL YAHVEH
Testimony; they are those who stand in support of the Tabernacle. One and a
half represent an incomplete number. Yahushua send out His disciples in two’s
Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
Exo 26:17 There are to be two projections on each
plank, and the planks are to be joined one to another. That is how you are to
make all the planks for the tabernacle. – While two is the number of separation
onto Holiness, two is also symbolic of union one to another. The support
structure on the Tabernacle here on Earth must be those who have made a choice
to follow a separate walk unto righteousness, they must be refine in their
physical walk, and covered in the Glory of YAHVEH.
Exo 26:18 “Make the planks for the tabernacle as
follows: twenty planks for the south side, facing southward. – Redemption,
redemption must be the cry of the Tabernacle at all time; as twenty is the
number of redemption.
Exo
26:19
Make forty silver sockets under the twenty planks, two sockets under one plank
for its two projections and two sockets under another plank for its two
projections. - Forty is the
number of Trials, Probation, and
Testing, Twenty is the number of redemption, two is the number of separation,
and one is the number of unity. Trials, and Testing is part of the probation
that redemption give to those who are separate, to be in unity with the Father.
Exo
26:20
“For the second side of the tabernacle, to the north, make twenty planks. -
Exo
26:21
and their forty silver sockets, two sockets under one plank and two under
another. -
Exo
26:22
“For the rear part of the tabernacle, toward the west, make six planks. – The rear of
the Tabernacle was six planks. Six is the number that represents: Weakness of Man, Evils of Satan, and Manifestation
of Sin.
Exo
26:23
For the corners of the tabernacle in the rear, make two planks; - The six
planks mentioned in the last verse and the two corner planks accounted for a
width of nine cubits along the west wall. One more plank was added to its north
and south corners. Since the north wall was one cubit thick, it covered one
cubit of the corner plank, leaving half a cubit exposed. The same is true of
the south corner. Therefore, the entire west wall consisted of eight planks,
measuring twenty cubits, of which ten cubits were open space on the side on the
inside of the Tabernacle, and two cubits were flush against the thickness of
the north and south walls. Consequently, the inner dimensions of the Tabernacle
were ten by thirty cubits. Ten represent the Testimony, Law, and Responsibility and thirty represent: - The Blood of
Christ, Dedications.
Exo
26:24
these are to be double from the bottom all the way to the top but joined at a
single ring. Do the same with both of them; they are to form the two corners. – The
duplication of the top and the bottom is significant. What we see in Heavens is
also what should happen here on earth. Or what we practice here on earth we
will also do in Heavens. A sobering taught isn’t it.
Exo
26:25
Thus there will be eight planks with their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two
sockets under one plank and two under another. – Since eight
represent: - New Birth, New Creation,
or New Beginning. Sixteen represent: - Love, Two represent
separation and one Unity. Silver also represents redemption. The foundation of
the true Church should be and will always be redemption, which separates us in
love, for a new beginning.
Exo
26:26
“Make crossbars of acacia-wood, five for the planks of the one side of the
tabernacle, - Five is the number of Grace, and
ministry. In terms of ministry, the fivefold ministry of the Apostle, Prophet,
Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher.
Exo
26:27
five crossbars for the planks of the other side of the tabernacle, and five
crossbars for the planks at the side of the tabernacle at the rear toward the
west. – The fivefold ministry is an integral
part of the Tabernacle, then as it is to be now. The one-man dictator call the
Pastor is not biblical.
Exo
26:28
The middle crossbar, halfway up the planks, is to extend from end to end. – The middle
bar, the one that is not seen, represents the office of the Evangelist. While
the two on top represent the Apostle and the Prophet, while the two below
represent the Pastor and the teacher. This is what I called the Mighty Hand of EL
YAHVEH. The Big finger and the pointing finger are the Apostle and the Prophet.
The longest finger the Evangelist; while the last two fingers are the ring and
the little finger, represent the Pastor and the Teacher. Evangelism must be a
continuous process from creation to the end of the world.
The bars were made to strengthen the walls and keep
the planks together more firmly. The bars were held in place by rings attached
to the planks, one-fourth of the way down from the top and one-fourth of the
way up from the bottom.
The bars on the top and bottom were half the length
of the respective walls; four bars of 15 cubits each for the north and the
south, and four bars of six cubits each for the west. While the bars along the
middle of each wall extend all the way. The middle bar was not attached by
rings, but by a hole bore through the middle of the planks.
Exo
26:29
Overlay the planks with gold, make gold rings for them through which the
crossbars will pass, and overlay the crossbars with gold. – We know
that gold represent the glory, those of us who are in the Kingdom must be
covered with gold. However, there are different degrees of purity for gold.
When gold is first mined it is contaminated with earth, the building block of
the flesh. Through the process of sanctification the gold become purer over a
period of time. It is this common denominator that binds us to each outer. The
bars will pass through the rings, but it will not become apart of the planks,
in the process of passing trough it, it will strengthen the planks, to be in
unison with the others planks.
Exo
26:30 "You are to erect the tabernacle
according to the design you have been shown on the mountain.
– The Tabernacle, the dwelling place of YAHVEH glory, is a
representation of the church, it must be arrange in the same manner as the
design shown to Moses.
The Tabernacle was divided into two chambers, the
Holy of Holies, which no one ever enter except for the Kohen Gadol on Yom
Kippur, and the Holy Place, which may be entered by any Kohen who is not in a
state of spiritual contamination, and who enters either to perform the service
or to prostrate there.
The divider between the two domains was the
Paroches, or Partition, which was a hung from a bar attached to the top of the
pillars described in this passages. The Partition was ten by ten cubits for the
Holy of Holies, and the Holy place was ten by twenty.
Ten by ten equal one thousand, one thousand is the
number of Divine completeness. Ten by twenty equal two thousand the responsibility
of redemption.
Exo
26:31 "You are to make a curtain of blue,
purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen. Make it with k'ruvim worked in,
that have been crafted by a skilled artisan. – A curtain is a devise that
separates one domain from the next. Notice the colors that are imbedded in this
curtain, like the character that must be imbedded in the lives of a mature
believer. Blue is a representative of Divine character, Red symbolical of the
Blood of the Lamb. Linen is always a representative of righteousness.
Exo
26:32 Hang
it with gold hooks on four acacia-wood posts overlaid with gold and standing in
four silver sockets. – The four Acacia post overlaid with gold,
represent; the world; Creative
works who so ever will may come.
Exo
26:33 Hang
the curtain below the fasteners. Then bring the ark for the testimony inside
the curtain; the curtain will be the divider for you between the Holy Place Holy Place
Exo
26:34
you are to put the Ark-cover on the Ark Ark
Exo
26:35 "You are to put the table outside the
curtain and the menorah opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward
the south; put the table on the north side. – The Tabernacle
is been furnish from the inside out, so are we as believer. Our transformation
starts from the inside out, like a light bulb the illumination come from the
inside.
Exo
26:36 "For the entrance to the tent, make a
screen of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen; it should be in
colors, the work of a weaver. – The entrance to the tent is guarded
by another curtain. This curtain slightly difference from the first, with the
addition of the color purple, represent royalty. Revelation 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit
with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father
in his throne. Those
who sit on the Throne are those who will rule and reign with the Messiyah.
Exo
26:37
For the screen, make five posts of acacia-wood; overlay them with gold; and
cast for them five sockets of bronze. – These were
not wall at the east of the tabernacle, only the screen hanging from the five
pillars. The five sockets of brass, brass is only found in the Outer Court Outer Court Holy
Place
Chapter 27
Exo
27:1 "You are to make the altar of acacia-wood,
five cubits long and five cubits wide - the altar is to be
square and three cubits high. 5 by 5 by 3. Grace time Grace equal perfect
redemption. Perfect redemption starts at the Brazen Altar, this altar is were
our justification takes place. It represents the Blood that flow from the nail
pierce Feet of Yahushua. It is were our spiritual journey begins; it is the
Blood over our doorpost so to speak.
Exo 27:2
Make
horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece with it; and
you are to overlay it with bronze. – Although this is a
literal translation, it provides no sense of what these so-called horns
actually were. They were box-like protrusions at the four corners of the Altar.
This is where the blood of sin offering was place. 1Ki 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and
arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. Apparently,
the horns is what we used to take hold of this Altar, as Adonijah did, when he
seek forgiveness from his brother Solomon. The number four represents who so
ever will may come and take hold of this Altar, of justification, initial
salvation.
Exo 27:3 "Make its pots for removing ashes, and
its shovels, basins, meat-hooks and fire pans; all its utensils you are to make
of bronze. - These
vessels mentioned in this verse served the following purposes: When ashes
accumulated on the Altar, they were remove with shovels, which look like
dustpans, and placed in the pots. After a sacrificial animal was slaughtered,
its blood was accepted in basins, from which it was place on the Altar.
In order to properly burn the parts that were place
on the Altar, they were turned over and place on the flame by forks.
Exo 27:4 Make for it a
grate of bronze netting; and on the four corners of the netting, make four
bronze rings. – Two decorative features surrounded the
Brazen Altar; one was a copper netting that was attached to it and the other
was a border that was carved into the Altar Wall. The netting delineating the
midpoint was crucial to the Altar’s function, because the blood of some
offerings had to be placed on the lower half of the Altar, while others had to
be on its upper half.
Exo 27:5
put it
under the rim of the altar, so that the netting reaches halfway up the altar. –
Exo 27:6 Make poles of
acacia-wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. – The
carrying pole for this Altar was made from Acacia wood, covered with brass or
copper.
Exo 27:7 Its poles are to
be put into the rings; the poles are to be on both sides of the altar for
carrying it. – It is essential to note that, the Torah
never say that these poles were not to be removed. These two poles represent
the two feet of our Savor that was pierce by the nail on the Cross.
Exo 27:8 The altar is to
be made of planks and hollow inside. They are to make it just as you were shown
on the mountain. – The Altar was not a solid
wooden square, but a hollow box. The importance of obedience is stated here
again. Make it just as Moses was shown on the mountain.
The boundaries of the Courtyard was made of linen
curtains that was suspended from rods attached to wooden pillars, one pillar
every five cubits of curtain. These rods were attached to six by three
handbreadth wooden boards that were suspended from the pillars with silver
hooks. Silver bands were wound around the pillars, but it is not clear if they
were wound around their entire length from top to bottom of it. The courtyard
dimensions were one hundred cubits along the north and south boundary, and
fifty cubits at the east and west.
Exo 27:9 "Here is how you are to make the
courtyard of the tabernacle. On the south side, facing southward is to be
tapestries for the courtyard made of finely woven linen, a hundred cubits for
one side, -
Exo
27:10 supported
on twenty posts in twenty bronze sockets; the hooks on the posts and the
attached rings for hanging are to be of silver. -
Exo
27:11 Likewise,
along the north side are to be tapestries a hundred cubits long, hung on twenty
posts in twenty bronze sockets, with silver hooks and rings for the posts.
Exo
27:12 Across
the width of the courtyard on the west side are to be tapestries seventy-five
feet long, hung on ten posts in ten sockets.
Exo
27:13 The
width of the courtyard on the east side, facing east, will be fifty cubits.
The entrance to the Outer Court
Exo
27:14 The
tapestries for one side [of the gateway] will be fifteen cubits long, hung on
three posts in three sockets; - fifteen is the number of rest. Anyone
who enter through this gate will have a chance to enter into YAHVEH rest.
Exo
27:15 for
the other side there will be tapestries fifteen cubits long on three posts in
three sockets.
Exo
27:16 "For the gateway of the courtyard there
is to be a screen Twenty cubits long made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and
finely woven linen. It should be in colors, the work of a weaver. It is to be
on four posts in four sockets.
Exo
27:17 All
the posts all the way around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and to
stand in sockets of bronze. – All the support structures were to be
banded with silver the metal of atonement, while sitting in bronze the metal
symbolize redemption.
Exo
27:18
The length of the courtyard is to a hundred cubits and the width fifty cubits
everywhere; with the height five cubits. The tapestries and screen are to be of
finely woven linen, and the sockets are to be of bronze. – 100
represent Children of promise, 50 represent Holy Spirit, 5 represent grace. The
children of promise will receive the Holy Spirit through Grace.
Exo
27:19 All the equipment needed for every kind of
service in the tabernacle, as well as the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for
the courtyard, are to be of bronze. –In order to keep the integrity of the Outer Court
Haftarah
Melechim
Alef “First Kings” 5:12-6:13
1Ki 5:12 And יהוה gave Shelomoh “Solomon” wisdom, as He promised
him. And there was peace between Ḥiram and Shelomoh, and the two of them made
a covenant. – The
confirmation of the friendship that was between them hereby. YAHVEH gave
Solomon wisdom, which was more and
better than any thing Hiram did or could give him; but this made Hiram love
him, and enabled Solomon to improve his kindness, so that they were both
willing to ripen their mutual love into a mutual league, that it might be
lasting. It is wisdom to strengthen our friendship with those whom we find to
be honest and fair, lest new friends prove not so firm and so kind as old ones.
1Ki 5:13 And Sovereign Shelomoh raised up
compulsory labor out of all Yisra’ĕl. And the compulsory labor was thirty
thousand men. - The laborers
whom Solomon employed in preparing materials for the temple. Some were
Yisraelites, who were employed in the more easy and honorable part of the work,
felling trees and helping to square them, in conjunction with Hiram’s servants;
for this he appointed 30,000.
1Ki 5:14 And he sent them to Leḇanon, ten
thousand a month by courses – they were one month in Leḇanon, two months at
home. And Aḏoniram was over the compulsory labor. – He would employed only 10,000 at a time, so that for one
month’s work they had two months’ vacation, both for rest and for the dispatch
of their own affairs at home. It was temple service, yet Solomon takes care
that they shall not be over-worked. Great men ought to consider that their
servants must rest as well as they.
1Ki 5:15 And Shelomoh had seventy thousand
bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing stone in the mountains, - Others were captives of other nations, who were to bear burdens and to
hew stone, and we read not that these had their resting times as the other had,
for they were doomed to servitude.
1Ki 5:16 besides three thousand three hundred
from the chiefs of Shelomoh’s deputies who were over the work, those ruling
over the people who labored in the work. - There were some employed as directors and overseers, 3,300 that
supervise over the work force, and they were as necessary and useful in their
place as the laborers in theirs; here were many hands and many eyes employed,
for preparation was now to be made, not only for the temple, but for all the
rest of Solomon’s buildings, at Yerushalayim, and here in the forest of
Lebanon, and in other places of his dominion, of which see ch. 9:17–19. He
speaks of the vastness of his undertakings (Eccl. 2:4, I made me great works),
which required this vast number of workmen.
1Ki 5:17 And the sovereign commanded, and they
brought large stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the House with
hewn stones. – The laying of the foundation of the temple; for that
is the building his heart is chiefly upon, and therefore he begins with that.
It should seem, Solomon was himself present, and president, at the founding of
the temple, and that the first stone (as has been usual in famous buildings) was
laid with some solemnity. Solomon commanded and they brought costly stones
for the foundation; he would do every thing like himself, generously, and
therefore would have some of the costliest stones laid, or buried rather, in
the foundation, though, being out of sight, worse might have served.
1Ki 5:18 And Shelomoh’s builders, and Ḥiram’s
builders, and the men of Geḇal did hew, and prepared timber and stones to
build the House. - Messiyah, who is laid for a foundation, is an elect
and precious stone (Isa. 28:16), and the foundations of the Messianic Assembly
are said to be laid with sapphires, Isa. 54:11, compare Rev. 21:19. That
sincerity which is our gospel perfection obliges us to lay our foundation firm
and to bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the
sight of men.
Chapter 6
Great preparation
had been making for the building of the temple, and here, at length, comes an
account of the building of it; a noble piece of work it was, one of the wonders
of the world, and taking in its spiritual significance, one of the glories of
the church. Here is,
I.
The time when
it was built verse 1,
II.
how long it was
in the building verse 37, 38.
III. The silence
with which it was build verse 7.
IV. The dimensions
of it verse 2, 3.
V. The message YAHVEH
sent to Solomon, when it was in the building verse 11–13.
1Ki 6:1 And it came to be, in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the children of Yisra’ĕl had come out of the land of
Mitsrayim, in the fourth year of the reign of Shelomoh over Yisra’ĕl, in the
month of Ziw, which is the second month, that he began to build the House of יהוה . - The temple is called the house of YAHVEH,
because it was, directed and modeled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect,
and gave David the plan or pattern by the Spirit, not by word of mouth only,
but, for the greater certainty and exactness, in writing (1 Chr. 28:11, 12), as
he had given to Moses in the mouth a draught of the tabernacle.
Dedicated and
devoted to him and to his honor, to be employed in his service, so his as never
any other house was, for HE manifested HIS glory in it (so as never in any
other) in a way agreeable to that dispensation; for, when there were carnal
ordinances, there was a worldly sanctuary, Heb. 9:1, 10. This gave it
its beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which
far transcended all its other beauties.
1Ki 6:2 And the house which Sovereign Shelomoh built for יהוה was sixty cubits long,
and twenty wide, and thirty cubits high. – The dimensions are laid down here in verse 2 and 3
according to the rules of proportion. Some observe that the length and breadth
were just double to that of the tabernacle. Now that Yisrael had grown more
numerous the place of their meeting needed to be enlarged (Isa. 54:1, 2), and
now that they had grown richer they were the better able to enlarge it. Where
ABBA YAHVEH sows plentifully he expects to reap so.
1Ki 6:3 And the porch at the front of the hĕḵal of the House was twenty cubits
long, according to the breadth of the House, and its width ten cubits, from the
front of the House. -
1Ki 6:4 And he made for the House windows
with narrowed frames. - An account of the windows : They were broad
within, and narrow without, Marg. Such should the eyes of our mind be,
reflecting nearer on ourselves than on other people, looking much within, to
judge ourselves, but little without, to censure our brethren. The narrowness of
the lights intimated the darkness of that dispensation, in comparison with the
gospel day.
1Ki 6:5 And against the wall of the House he
built rooms all around, against
the walls of the House, all around the hĕḵal and the Speaking Place
1Ki 6:6 The lowest side room was five cubits
wide, and the middle one was six cubits wide, and the third one was seven
cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the House, so as
not to lay hold on the walls of the House. - Care was taken that the beams should not be fastened
in the walls to weaken them. Let not the church’s strength be impaired under
pretence of adding to its beauty or convenience.
1Ki 6:7 And the House, when it was being
built, was built with finished stone made ready beforehand, so that no hammer
or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the House while it was being built. – The materials are brought in, ready for their place,
so ready that there was neither hammer nor ax heard in the house while it
was in building. In all building Solomon prescribes it as a rule of
prudence to prepare the work in the field, and afterwards build,
Prov. 24:27. But here, it seems, the preparation was more than ordinarily full
and exact, to such a degree that, when the several parts came to be put
together, there was nothing defective to be added, nothing amiss to be amended.
It was to be the temple
YAHVEH
1Ki 6:8 The doorway for the middle side room was on the right side of the House.
And they went up by stairs to the middle side rooms, and from the middle to the
third. – The various level in the Temple Holy Place
1Ki 6:9 So he built the House and completed it, and he panelled the House with
beams and boards of cedar. – The
task of building was a great undertaking, perhaps greater than Solomon had
anticipated.
1Ki 6:10 And he built the side rooms of the
structure against all the House, each five cubits high, and they were fastened
to the House with cedar beams. – Therefore,
during the progress of building he received divine encouragement. In view of
3:5; 9:2; and 11:9, this was probably not a direct revelation of Jehovah, but a
strengthening through an unnamed prophet.
1Ki 6:11 And the word of יהוה came to Shelomoh, saying, - Like Moses who
build the original portable Tabernacle, Solomon also heard the Word of YAHVEH
1Ki 6:12 “This House which you are building –
if you walk in My laws, and do My right-rulings, and shall guard all My
commands and walk in them, then I shall confirm My word with you, which I spoke
to your father Dawiḏ, - The word ABBA YAHVEH sent to Solomon, when he was
engaged in building the temple. YAHVEH let him know that HE took notice of what
he was doing, the house he was now building.
None employ
themselves for ABBA YAHVEH without having HIS eye upon them. "I know
thy works, thy good works.’’ He assured him that if he would proceed and
persevere in obedience to the divine law, and keep in the way of duty and the
true worship of YAHVEH, the divine loving-kindness should be drawn out both to
himself (I will perform my word with thee) and to his kingdom: Yisrael
shall be ever owned as my people; I will dwell among them, and not
forsake them.’’ This word ABBA YAHVEH sent Shelomoh probably by a prophet.
That by the promise
he might be encouraged and comforted in his work. Perhaps sometimes the great
care, expense, and fatigue of it, made him ready to wish he had never begun it;
but this would help him through the difficulties of it, that the promised
establishment of his family and kingdom would abundantly recompense all his
pains. An eye to the promise will carry us cheerfully through our work; and
those who wish well to the public will think nothing too much that they can do
to secure and perpetuate to it the tokens of YAH’s presence.
That, by the
condition annexed, he might be awakened to consider that though he built the
temple ever so strong the glory of it would soon depart, unless he and his
people continued to walk in YAH’s statutes. ABBA YAHVEH plainly let him
know that all this charge which he and his people were at, in erecting this
temple, would neither excuse them from obedience to the law nor shelter them
from HIS judgments in case of disobedience. Keeping YAH’s commandments is
better, and more pleasing to him, than building Temple
1Ki 6:13 and shall dwell in the midst of the
children of Yisra’ĕl, and not forsake My people Yisra’ĕl.” - YAH’s
promise is reminiscent of the one that He made to Moses in Exodus 25:8.
Brit Chadasha
Ivrim “Hebrews” 8:1-13
In this chapter the
apostle pursues his former subject, the priesthood of Messiyah. And,
I.
He sums up what
he had already said verse 1, 2.
II. He sets before
them the necessary parts of the priestly office verse 3-5.
III. Largely
illustrates the Excellency of the priesthood of Messiyah, by considering the
Excellency of the covenant for which Messiyah is the Mediator verse 6 – 13.
Heb 8:1 Now the summary of what we are saying is: We
have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the
Greatness in the heavens, - Here is, a summary recital of what had been said
before concerning the Excellency of Messiyah’s priesthood, showing what we have
in Him, where He now resides, and what sanctuary He is the minister of.
What we have in
Messiyah Yahushua; we have a high priest, and such a high priest ”Kohem
Hagadol” as no other people ever had, no age of the world, or of the church,
ever produced; all others were but types and shadows of this High Priest.
He is adequately
fitted and absolutely sufficient to all the intents and purposes of a high
priest, both with respect to the honor of ABBA YAHVEH and the happiness of men
and himself; the great honor of all those who have an interest in Him.
Where he now
resides: He sits on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty on high,
that is, of the glorious Kingdom of heaven. There the Mediator is placed, and
he is possessed of all authority and power both in heaven and upon earth. This
is the reward of his humiliation. This authority He exercises for the glory of
our Father, for his own honor, and for the happiness of all who belong to him;
and He will by His almighty power bring every one of them in their own order to
the right hand of ABBA YAHVEH in heavens, as members of the Order of
Melchizedek, that where He is they may be also.
Heb 8:2 and who serves in the set-apart place and of
the true Tent, which יהוה set up, and not man. – What is that sanctuary of which He is a minister: Of
the true tabernacle, which YAHVEH hath pitched, and not man. The tabernacle
which was pitched by man, according to the appointment of ABBA YAHVEH. There
was an outer part, in which was the altar where they were to offer their
sacrifices, which typified Messiyah dying; and there was an interior part
within the veil, which typified Messiyah interceding for the people in heaven.
Now this Tabernacle Messiyah never entered into; but, having finished the work
of satisfaction in the true tabernacle of His own body, He is now a minister of
the sanctuary, the holy of holies, the true Tabernacle in the Heavens, there
taking care of His people’s affairs, interceding with ABBA YAHVEH for them,
that their sins may be pardoned and their persons and services accepted,
through the merit of His sacrifice.
He is not only in
heaven enjoying great dominion and dignity, but, as the high priest of the
Kingdom of Heaven, executing this office for them all in general, and every
member of His Body in particular.
Heb 8:3 For every high priest is appointed to
offer both gifts and slaughters. So it was also necessary for this One to have
somewhat to offer. – In
this verse the apostle sets before the Yisraelite the necessary parts of
Messiyah’s priesthood, or what it was that belonged to that office, in
conformity to what every high priest is ordained to.
Every high priest
is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices. Whatever was brought by the people to be presented to ABBA YAHVEH,
whether expiatory sacrifices, or peace-offerings, or thank-offerings, must be
offered by the Kohem Hagadol “High priest”, who was to expiate their guilt by
the blood of the sacrifice, and perfume their gifts and services by his holy
incense, to render their persons and performances typically acceptable; so then
it necessarily to belongs to the Priesthood of Messiyah Yahushua that He should
have something to offer; and He, as the antitype, had himself to offer, his
human nature upon the altar of his divine nature, as the great atoning
sacrifice that nullified the curse of the law, Deut 28:15.
Because the incense
of His own righteousness and merits too to offer for all the people the
provision to become Sons of YAHVEH. We must not dare to approach ABBA YAHVEH,
or to present any thing to him, except through Messiyah, depending upon his
merits and mediation; for if we are accepted, it is only through Him.
Heb 8:4 For if indeed He were on earth, He
would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to
the Torah, - In this verse we see MessiYah Yahushua must now execute His Priesthood in the heavens, in the Holy of Holies,
the true Tabernacle which ABBA YAHVEH hath fixed. Therefore the type and shadow
of the true Priesthood must be fully answered; having finished the work of
sacrificing here on earth, He must go into the heavens, to present His
righteousness and to make intercession there.
For, If Messiyah
were on earth, he would not be a priest , that is, not according to the Leviticus
law, as not being of the line of that priesthood; and so long as that
priesthood continued there must be a strict regard paid to the divine
institution in everything.
Heb 8:5 who serve a copy and shadow of the
heavenly, as Mosheh was warned when he was about to make the Tent. For He said,
“See that you make all according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” – All the
services of the priest, under the law, as well as every thing in that
tabernacle, which was framed according to the pattern in the mount, were only
exemplars and shadows of heavenly things. Messiyah is the substance and fulfillment
of the priesthood according to the Levitical law.
Something therefore
there must be in Messiyah’s priesthood that answers to the high priest’s
entering within the veil to make intercession, without which he could not have
been a perfect priest; and what is this but the ascension of Messiyah into the
heavens, and His appearance at the Right Hand of ABBA YAHVEH for His people, to
present their prayers, and plead their cause?
Heb 8:6 But now He has obtained a more
excellent service, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which
was constituted on better promises. - In
this part of the chapter, the apostle illustrates and confirms the superior
Excellency of the Priesthood of Messiyah after the order of Melchizedek above
that of Aaron, from the Excellency of that covenant of grace, of which Messiyah
was the Mediator: His ministry is more excellent, by how He is the Mediator of
a better covenant.
What is this better
covenant? It is a covenant that does not require the killing of animal for the
atonement for our sins. The Blood from the feet of Messiyah is for our
Justification, the Blood and Water from His side is for our Deliverance, the
Blood from His Right and Left hand is for our Sanctification, and the Blood
from the Crown of Thorns is for our glorification.
No other animal
sacrifice could incorporate all the Altar of the Tabernacle in one sacrifice.
In the one sacrifice Messiyah made at Calvary ,
He gave us all the Blood needed for every Altar in the Tabernacle, making all
other sacrifice null-and-void.
In that one sacrifice, every other sacrifice is
establish, all the other Covenant is establish. It is the final Covenant; all
that has to be done for humanity have been done by Messiyah Yahushua.
Wherever we are we can simply call on the Messiyah name
and we are justified by the Blood that flow from His Feet. Wherever we are we
can simply apply the Blood and the Water that flow from His side for our
deliverance. Wherever we are a believer can simply ask for the infilling of the
Holy Spirit based on the Blood from the Right hand of Messiyah. Wherever we are
a believer can simply exercise the Blood from the Left Hand of Messiyah when we
read the Torah.
Wherever a believer is he or she can simply apply the
Blood from His Crown of Thorn when we decide to do Praise and Worship. We have
an High Priest who is ever in the Presence of ABBA YAHVEH.
Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no
place would have been sought for a second. – The first
Covenant was not faulty, for it points to our Messiyah; when Messiyah arrive
the Covenant He establish was a complete or as some say a better promises,
bases on the promise of salvation to all men, not just to the Hebrew people.
The Hebrew people
were suppose to be the one who would evangelize the world, which they failed to
do. They were suppose to be the chosen people, today anyone who believe in
Messiyah Yahushua, is a chosen people, regardless of nationality, making it a
better all encompassing Covenant.
Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, He says,
“See, the days are coming,” says יהוה , “when I shall conclude with the
house of Yisra’ĕl and with the house of Yehuḏah a renewed covenant, - It is a renewed covenant, even that new covenant
that ABBA YAHVEH long ago declared he would make with the house of Yisrael,
that is, all who believe in Messiyah are called Yisrael of YAHVEH; this was
promised in Jer. 31:31, 32, and accomplished in Messiyah. This will always be a
new covenant, in which all who truly take hold of Messiyah by faith shall be
always found preserved by the power of ABBA YAHVEH. It is YAH’s covenant; HIS
mercy, love, and grace moved for it; HIS wisdom devised it; the Blood of
Messiyah that purchased it; HIS wisdom devised it; HIS Spirit that builds
establish believers in it.
Heb 8:9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Mitsrayim
The articles of this
covenant are very extraordinary, which are sealed between ABBA YAHVEH and HIS
people by baptism in the Blood and the Water that flow from Messiyah side;
whereby they bind themselves to their part, and ABBA YAHVEH assures them HE
will do HIS part; and HIS is the main and principal part, on which HIS people
depend for grace and strength to do theirs.
Heb 8:10 “Because this is the covenant that I
shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕl after those days, says יהוה , giving My
laws in their mind, and I shall write them on their hearts, and I shall be
their Elohim, and they shall be My people. – The purpose of ABBA YAHVEH Covenant is always to write HIS law on our
heart, as Jeremiah 31:33 and this verse proclaim that HIS people that he will put his laws into their minds
and write them in their hearts. He send HIS law to be place on the heart of men, much like the Ten
Commandments was place inside the Ark of the Covenant, our job is to study the
Torah with the Spirit of Understanding, that the Holy Spirit may write the Law
on our heart, Ezekiel 37:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within
you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give
you an heart of flesh. 27And I will put my spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28And ye shall dwell
in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will
be your EL. 29I will also save you from all your unclean nesses: This is the foundation of the covenant; and, when
this is laid, duty will be done wisely, sincerely, readily, easily, resolutely,
constantly, and comfortably.
They shall be to
ABBA YAHVEH a people, to love, honor, observe, and obey HIM in all things;
complying with HIS cautions, conforming to HIS commands, comporting with HIS
providences, copying out HIS example, taking complacency in HIS favor.
For those who must
do and will do, who have Yahushua for their Messiyah; this they are bound to do
as their part of the contract; this they shall do, for ABBA YAHVEH will enable
them to do it, as an evidence that HE is their EL and that they are HIS people;
for it is ABBA YAHVEH HIMSELF who first founds the relation, and then fills it
up with grace suitable and sufficient, and helps them in their measure to fill
it up with love and duty; so that ABBA YAHVEH engages both for himself and
them.
Heb 8:11 “And they shall by no means teach each
one his neighbor, and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know יהוה ,’ because they
all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. – In this verse we
see the articles with them that they
shall grow more and more acquainted with their EL: They shall all know me from the least to the greatest, insomuch that there shall not be so much
need of one neighbor teaching another the knowledge of ABBA YAHVEH.
In the want of a better
instruction, one neighbor should be teaching another to know ABBA YAHVEH, as
they have ability and opportunity for it.
This private
instruction shall not be so necessary under the post Messiyah Covenant as in
the Pre Messiyah Covenant was only shadow of things to come; their priests
preached but seldom, and but a few at a time, and the Spirit of YAHVEH was more
sparingly given out. But under the post Messiyah Covenant there shall be such
abundance of public qualified preachers of the gospel, and dispensers of
ordinances in the Messianic assemblies, and so great a flocking to them, as
doves to their windows, and such a plentiful effusion of the Spirit of YAHVEH
to make the ministration of the gospel effectual, that there shall be a mighty
increase and spreading of the knowledge in persons of all sorts, of each sex,
and of all ages. O that this promise might be fulfilled in our days, that the
Mighty Hand of YAHVEH may be with HIS ministers, that a great number may
believe and be turned to ABBA YAHVEH!
Heb 8:12 “Because I shall forgive their unrighteousness, and their sins and their
lawlessnesses I shall no longer remember.”1
Footnote: 1Jer. 31:31-34, Heb. 10:16-17. – Lawlessness is
unrighteousness which is sin. Sin produces the curse of the law, Deuter 31:26 Take
this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of YAHVEH
your EL, that it may be there for a witness against thee. 27For I know thy rebellion, and thy
stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been
rebellious against YAHVEH; and how much more after my death? 28: 15But
it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of YAHVEH thy
EL,, to observe to do all HIS commandments and HIS statutes which I command
thee this day; that all these curses shall come against thee, and overtake thee: 16Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in
the field. 17Cursed shall
be thy basket and thy store.
Heb 8:13 By saying, ‘renewed,’ He has made the
first old. Now what becomes old and growing aged is near disappearing. – All pre Messiyah covenant have been past away, since the
death of Messiyah we have a more comprehensive Covenant establish by the blood
that flow from the: Feet, the side, the right and left hand and the crown of
thorns.
What ever level of maturity we are, there is blood for
every level of our spiritual development. If we are at the Brazen Altar, the Outer
court, Blood from Messiyah feet is apply, if we are in the Holy Place
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