Parashas Terumah
Exodus 25:1 – 27:21
Haftarah
Melechim Alef “First Kings” 5:12
- 6:13
Brit Chadasha
Ivrim “Hebrews” 8:1 - 13
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 Parashas
This Torah Portion of Terumah is the 19th in the Torah Cycle,
the underlying theme of Terumah is this: All ABBA YAHWEH wants for us is to
truly desire His Light, which is to build our Menorah.
Once we have
accomplished this spiritually, everything will be available to us.
The Yisraelites were struggling to find material to build the Tabernacle,
but when they awaken within their community, the desire to give more than they
were capable of giving, ABBA YAHWEH helps them. This Torah portion of Terumah
is all about our desire to receive the light. Terumah is the Hebrew word for
offering.
In this Parashas EL YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH 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
and on Yahushua. These three manifestations are the three perfect types in
Scripture. The Children of Yisrael lost that position, due to unbelief. 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 a paradigm of the common principle that the Torah
is not always written in the chronological order in which the events occurred.
The commandments regarding the construction of 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 will not
achieve its purpose until Pentecost becomes a reality in our lives. Pentecost
is the giving of the Torah and the Menorah (Holy Spirit).
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 YAHWEH’s
presence; its three compartments, illustrate the different levels spiritually,
that every believer regardless of their position could achieve.
Exo 25:1 EL YAHWEH said to
Moshe, - To emphasize again it is EL YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH 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. Sinai
was not to develop Moses ability to build the Menorah, but to perfect his
desire, his ego. 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 wise, yet have no connection to the Holy Spirit. The Torah tells
us in Galatians 3:21 that the fruit of the Spirit is the only way to determine
the influence of the Light of the Menorah in our lives.
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 YAHWEH, 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 YAHWEH, 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 service. The original gifts of
silver were used to make vessels for the Tabernacle.
The three types of metal, illustrate the three types of people, those
in the Holy of holies, those in the Holy Place and those in the Outer Court,
they all make up the tabernacle. In the Kingdom they are the ones who sit on
the throne Rev 3:21; there are those who stand around the Throne, Rev. 7:11;
and there are those who stand in front of the throne Rev 7:15.
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.
Blue represent the color of the Heavens, Purple represent the royalty,
and red is the color of blood.
A goat represent a person to whom we get a strong reaction, by teasing,
tormenting, ect. A hair shirt is a rough cloth garment of goat’s hair worn as a
shirt or as a girdle for penance or mortification. Mortification is the state
of being humble. Pathol is the death of one part of an animal body, an act of
subduing the passions and appetites.
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.
The skin is the protection for the flesh against the elements, it
represent one’s life or physical existence. It also means a device that covers
our flawed nature, which is our Messiyah.
The acacia wood has a very peculiar pattern, in the fabric of the wood,
the grain of the wood does not grow in a straight formation, and they
intertwine with each other like the fabric of a cloth.
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.
Oil is a greasy or unctuous, generally combustible liquid, or
vegetable, animal, or mineral origin, insoluble in water but sometimes soluble
in alcohol, and always in ether, used as food, for lubricating, illuminating,
and fuel such as candles.
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. The onyx
stone is a cryptocrystalline verity of a quartz stone consisting of many layers
of different colors, usually in even planes; a variety of chalcedony a type of
stone. These stone is a representation of the human race.
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 YAHWEH’s service. Elegant
synagogues are meaningless unless they are building for the sake of EL YAHWEH.
So that I may dwell among them.
The original purpose was for us to build up our body that EL YAHWEH may
dwell in us. Like everything He has shown us, in the manner that YAHWEH
Presence Himself that was shown to us on Mount Sinai was to revel the Divine
purpose. The Onyx stone the various races of humanity is to be the Tabernacle
that ABBA YAHWEH may live in.
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. – Every
human soul must be created according to the Pattern; it must be made exactly
according to what EL YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH
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, which is a symbol of the perfect man. It should be built from Acacia wood;
which is a very difficult wood to work with, just like human. This ugly wood
must be turn into an object that holds the very Essence of EL YAHWEH HIMSELF.
The ultimate purpose of EL YAHWEH is to turn our body into a living sacrifice,
Holy unto The Kings of Kings.
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.
The Tabernacle represents the corporate image of the Kingdom, while the
Ark represents the Individual.
A Cubit is an ancient measure of length, originally represent by the
length of the forearm; about 18 to 20 inches.
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 was
to be overlay with pure goal; pure gold is a type of gold that has been
purified seven times, until it became transparent. It is when our outward and
inward actions become transparent to The Kings of Kings that we will be like
Moses, shining from the inside. Our crowing glory is when the Holy Spirit come
and remains permanent on us, that we are truly a mature believer. This is when
our inner character matches our public demeanor, when our actions must conform
to our professed beliefs. Too often we display our religious diminor to the
demise of our inner spiritual growth. The same gold within must be the same
gold outside.
Gold is a soft, heavy, malieble and ductile metallic element, an atomic
number of 79, found uncombined in nature, resistant to oxidation and to most
chemical reagents.
Oxidation is an act of uniting or of causing a substance to unite with
oxygen, any change in a compound that result in addition to it of a negative
radical or a relative decrease of the positive constituent. The process by
which an atom or an element “soul” lose an electrons.
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, so that its two-and-half cubic length was between the
staves. Therefore when the Ark was carried, its bearer stood along the Ark’s
length, with the staves on their shoulders.
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 itself. Meaning that those around
us, those who support us in our endeavor must be like minded. The two poles
also represent the Word and the Holy Spirit, both essential support for a
mature believer or a believer who is going on to perfection.
A Pole is a long slender piece of wood or metal, commonly tapering and
more or less rounded. To be used by the Levites to carry the Altar.
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. The Spirit and the
Truth is the life line of all those who which to come into the Holy Place. The
four rings represent north south, east and west, where ever we go in this
world, the Word and the Spirit must always be our supporting units.
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 with any ease. As a
believer when the Word or the Holy Spirit is remove from us, then we are in
trouble. These two support structure must never be removed from the life of the
believer.
These two poles are to remain permanent; the ministry of the Word and
the Spirit must be the agent to minister at these Altars. The Spirit and the
Truth.
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.
This is the Principles we must do and those we must reframe from doing, also
see Exodus 40:20, as oppose to Deuteronomy 31:26.
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. This covering was to be the Crowning Glory of the Ark; the fact that it
was made of Pure Gold is significant in that it represent the Shechinah, the
unchanging character, a mature character. When EL YAHWEH came and rested on
Mount Sinai, it was an illustration that it was the Children of Yisrael, EL YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH, 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 who reach Maturity
will place over them when they have the Torah written on their heartd. We also
know that there will be three objects in the Ark when it is complete. Here we
see the furnishing of the Ark being assemble. The first object to be place in
the Ark is the Ten Commandments.
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 when the covenant is inside. What spiritual lesson does this
teaches us? It teaches us that the Shechinah will be upon us when we
internalize the Covenant, the marriage contract, the Torah!
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 YAHWEH 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 also hear the Voice of EL YAHWEH. 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,
then the Altar of Showbread. This table was to be place on the north side of
the Tabernacle in the Holy Place. Where twelve loaves of bread, were to be
place every Sabbath. These twelve loves represent the twelve Torah for the
twelve tribes of Yisrael.
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 was to be made of Acacia wood overlay with gold. Two cubit
times 2 equal four, the number for north south, east and west. The Torah the
Word is for everyone, one cubits wide times 2 represent 2 the number of
separation. The Torah is the constitution of the Kingdom of the Heavens that
determines the separation from the world system. Three is the number of
perfection. 1Ki 8:61 Let your heart
therefore be perfect with YAHWEH our EL, to walk in HIS statutes, and to keep
HIS commandments, as at this day.
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 “Besorah” 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 poles used to carry this Altar are
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 across from the Altar
of Showbread. The seven light of the Menorah are used to provide light when
eaten the bread from the previous altar.
The Menorah
whose flame are fed by the purest of olive oil, symbolized the illumination of
the intellect. This Altar was place on the southern part in 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 YAHWEH. 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 YAHWEH 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 YAHWEH, the Spirit of Wisdom, the Spirit of Counsel and
Knowledge on one side, the Spirit of Understanding, Might, and the Fear of EL YAHWEH
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 YAHWEH.
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 YAHWEH. We are told that
when we were created EL YAHWEH 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 Messiyah. Our Messiyah 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.- A lamp is any thing that gives out
light, actually or metaphorically. A vessel in which oil is burnt through a wick;
hence, any device employing a flame. As believers we are called to be the light
to the world. Mathew 4:16 “Mat 4:16 The people
which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and
shadow of death light is sprung up ”; Mat 5:14 Ye
are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in
the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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.
The spiritual condition of the Mature persons and those who minister with them
must be of the same spiritual condition, or level of maturity. Our menorah must
be built from our personality.
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. I often hear believers say this is what I believe, if I do not
believe in gravity it does not mean it does not exist, if I do not believe in a
God, it does not mean there is not One.
The Torah is
the Constitution of the kingdom and everything must be done according to the
wishes of the King. No other opinion is required.
