"Tabernacle" Tagged Sermons
The laver and the candlestick each had a meaning in Israel’s worship, and so did the altar of sacrifice. Fire mingles with the sea of glass, and the elect follow Christ through fire and water to God. That path ends in the holy city of Revelation 21.
Zechariah’s lampstand vision joins a pattern Ezekiel establishes, in which incense, showbread, and lampstand all serve one Godward purpose inside the temple. The temple’s architecture pictures creation itself. The Spirit’s Old Testament ministry runs through this symbolic furniture.
Throughout Scripture barren women give birth to significant children, and Matthew and Luke both tell of the child. John tells of him in 1:14, where the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. God’s compassion for us takes up residence in human flesh.