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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Altar, the Lampstand, and the Booth
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. (Hebrews 9:22) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:4) Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:23)
There are three great symbols of Judaism. They portray God's will for mankind. They are the altar, the lampstand, and the booth.
The altar tells us that God must be approached through sacrifice. God is more than a father, a philosopher, a statesman, a teacher. God is the Consuming Fire. We understand very little about God. Christ has come to introduce us to the Father. After billions of eons we may have some small comprehension of God.
The fact that God would sacrifice His Son to save mankind and be appeased by His blood reveals that we do not understand God at all! No human can approach God other than through the blood of God's Lamb, and after that by offering his or her own body as a living sacrifice.
The lampstand portrays the Holy Spirit of God. There are only two ways in which people can live, move, and have their being. One is by the life of the flesh. The other is by the Life of the Spirit. It is God's will that all people live by His Spirit. To live after the flesh results only in death.
The booth shows us God's ultimate intention. It is to have a kingdom in which God governs from within each individual.
Some will reap the inner kingdom one hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. How much of the kingdom we possess depends on how willing we are to be pruned.
To be saved, in the ultimate sense, is to be permitted to enter the new world of righteousness in which every person lives with his life on the altar of God; in which every person lives by the Spirit of God; in which every person has a portion of God in his inner personality.
There is the outer Kingdom of God that will govern the creation from the Throne of God located in the new Jerusalem.
But no person can enter the outer kingdom until first the inner kingdom has been established. Until we are born again we can neither see nor enter the Kingdom of God.
We have been saved, we have been at Pentecost (the lampstand) and now we are pressing toward Tabernacles, toward the Kingdom of God. If you have been camped at Pentecost, get up on your feet. The cloud and the fire are moving forward. Moses, the priests and Levites, the tribe of Judah (praise) are marching toward the land. Can you hear the shofar, the ram's horn?
There are ranks in the Kingdom of God and they are well worth the taking. Many that are last in time shall be first in the Kingdom. The throne is for you if you want it!