The Assembly Part 1 When I was attending a local church, one of the concerns I had about “house churches” was that they could deviate into error. What was there to keep them from going off the rails and turning into a cult? Mainstream Christian denominations had their statements of faith and hierarchies of clergy to keep their assemblies on their particular version of the straight and narrow, but when one moves out from under these control mechanisms, what do we have to keep

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 10 Putting it all together – The Tabernacle: God’s pattern of how He wants to Dwell among us, Meet with us and Speak with us How to live out our holy priesthood before God To enter God’s tabernacle as priests we have to first go through the Altar of Burnt Offering and the Bronze Laver. The Altar: 1. Have we been consecrated as priests? Have we repented of (turned away from) our

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 9 The Priesthood of All Believers Ancient Israel was a kingdom of priests to God . Ex 19:5-6 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant , then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation . These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Is

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 8 Between the altar and the Tabernacle is the Bronze Laver . Ex 30:17-21 Then יהוה spoke to Moses, saying: “You shall also make a laver of bronze , with its base also of bronze, for washing . You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar . And you shall put water in it, for Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it. When they

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 7 The Altar of Burnt Offerings and its Sacrifices When we go outside the tabernacle we find two items in the court of the tabernacle, the altar and the bronze laver. Christ our Atoning Sacrifice The altar is outside the Tabernacle in the courtyard. It is where sacrifices were burned. They are a type and a shadow of Christ who is the actual atoning sacrifice for our sins. Heb 10

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 6 The Altar of Incense holds the Prayers of the Saints We now move on to the third item in the holy place, the altar of incense (there is also a golden censer of incense in the Most Holy Place). The Altar of Incense represents the Prayers of the Saints . Ex 30:1 You shall make an altar to burn incense on ; you shall make it of acacia wood. Rev 5:8 Now when He had taken the scro

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 5 The Holy Spirit’s seven lamps light up Christ through the Torah – the showbread whom we are to eat. When we observe the Holy Spirit’s ministries, Isa 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 knowledg e and of the fear of יהוה . it is clear that He is teaching us … knowledge, unde

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 3 Yeshua and the Torah… continued The Torah declares the attributes of Christ John 5:46-47 “For if you believed Moses , you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me . But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words ?” John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses , grace and truth came through Jesus Christ . Yeshua brings truth (the Torah) and grace (the

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 3 Today we’re looking at the attributes of Christ that the Holy Spirit is declaring and illuminating for us on the Table of Showbread. This subject is so vast, we’ve devoted two articles to this topic and we’re still only scratching the surface. Yeshua and the Torah Yeshua is the Way, the Truth and the Life John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “ I am the way , the truth , and the life

Restoring the Priesthood of All Believers through God’s pattern in the Tabernacle of Meeting - Part 2 In our previous article we looked at the Ark and the Most Holy Place, today we’re looking at the Lamps and the Showbread Seven Lamps in the Tabernacle Moses was commanded to make seven lamps in the tabernacle Ex 25:31 & 37 You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flower