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GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
SERIES: MOSES' TABERNACLE. LESSON NO.5.
1. THE PURPOSE.
The Golden Candlestick was found in the Holy Place directly
opposite the Table of Shewbread. It's purpose was to give light.
It was the only illumination for the Table of Shewbread, showing
us that the "bread of His Word can only be revealed to us
through the illumination of the Holy Spirit. Ex.25:37;-2
Cor.3:6; John 16:13; 14:26; 1 John 1:7.
Rev. 3:20 - the message to Laodicean Church. Eph. 1:18.
Light - Psalm 119:105,130 - "Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet........" Perfect light is composed of 7 colours - 7 lamps of
the Candlestick - 7 lamps of His Word. Heb.6:1-2.
If the Word of God is a lamp, the only way it can give light is
through the oil or anointing of the Holy Spirit. 1 John 2:20,27;
1 Cor.2:9.10.
Prov.4:18 - light travels and is progressive.
The Church. - Rev. 1: 12,20 - prophetic of last day church.
Primarily the Candlestick speaks of Jesus - John 9:5. Christ means
'the Anointed One'.
No longer is Jesus physically and bodily the light of the world,
but now the Church is to reveal that light. 'Ye are the light
of the world' . Matt.5:14, Phil.2:15.
Rev. 1:13 - "And in the midst of the 7 Candlesticks one like
unto the Son of man........ As we gather together, Christ dwells
in our midst."
Ex.25:31 - In the midst of the Candlestick or the Branches was
"His Shaft".
'Shaft' - Heb. "Yarek" - means 'thigh', 'loins', 'body' or
'side'. The shaft is a type of Christ in the midst of the
Branches. The Church (Branches) was taken from the 'side or
body' of Christ, just as Eve was taken from the side of Adam. We
are now "flesh of His flesh and bone of His bones". Eph.5:30,
John 15:5.
The Church Age - measurements of Holy Place : lOxlOx2O cubits -
2000 cubits.
The Candlestick was the only light in the Holy Place. This is
prophetic of the Church Age of 2000 years when the Church is the
only source of light the dispensation of the Holy Spirit.
Lamps require lighting - Ex.25:37- the Church was lighted on the
Day of Pentecost - set aflame - with "tongues of fire" Acts 2:3.
2. THE DESIGN. Ex.25:31-40.
V.31 - "Pure Gold
- no shittim wood.
- purely the anointing, light and nature of God.
- for gold to be purified it needs to be submitted to
fiery trials.
- Job.23:10, 1 Pet.1:7.
"Of beaten work shall the Candlestick be made".
We are to be moulded and fashioned by the beating of the
goldsmith's hammer, that we might be the light of the world.
Isa.52:14; 53: 10; Heb.5:8.
V.31,36,38 "Shall be of the same of a talent of pure gold".
- made from one large, beaten piece of gold. Through the beating
and crushing blows of Calvary we have been made to be "partakers
of the Divine nature". 2 Pet. 1:4; Heb.2: 10-11.
We are inseparably joined as the branches to the vine.
V.32. "6 Branches out of the sides". 6 Branches and 1 Shaft - 7.
6 is the number of man and 1, the number of God. The Church
(Branches) can never reach perfection (the number 7) without
abiding in the vine. The source of all life and strength is from
the vine and as the Church realises this relationship, it will
reach perfection, revealing all the light of God.
Vs.33-36 "Three bowls...with a knops and a flower....."
The total of the bowls, knops and flowers is 66 - the books of
the Bible.
There were not 66 separate parts but 66 pieces fashioned out of
one piece.
The books of the Bible are one piece.
The Oil. Lev.24:2-4.
"Pure Olive Oil beaten". Gethsemane means "oil" or "olive
press".
- it is through the Gethsemane experience that God extracts a
greater anointing from our lives.
Matt. 25: 1-10 - the wise virgins were prepared - they had
submitted to the crushings of the olive press.
Zech.4:2,6 - the Church in this end of the age is to experience
the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
"7 pipes " - 7 Spirits of God Isa. 11: 2. "Two olive trees " - 2
witnesses. Rev. 11:
- we are witnesses through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Acts l:8.
"To burn continually".
- a candle burns by the consumption of itself - a lamp burns by
the means of oil that is poured into it. A lamp has to be
continually replenished.
The High Priest poured in oil twice daily when he ministered
at the Altar of Incense - showing that as we minister at the
Altar of Incense (praise, prayer), the Lord tops us up with fresh
oil. Wicks trimmed at time of incense.
He trims off the old burnt-out parts so as not to hinder the
flame. He does this through the sacrifice of praise in the
midst of a trial or testing. Ex.30:7-8, Heb.13:15.
3. SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.
Last dwelling place of God in the Old Testament - prophetic of the
Last Day Church - eternal resting place of God - staves taken out.
10 Candlesticks. 1 Kings 7:49.
The number of trial and testing, Dan.1.,12; Rev.2:10.
Solomon's Temple was twice as long and wide as Moses'
Tabernacle - Speaks of the double portion.
3 times higher - higher spiritual realms, showing that the
Church is coming into a greater realm of the anointing and
of the Spirit through trial and testing. Our capacity is to
be enlarged to take more of the anointing.