Exodus 25

make an ark

All begins with the ark, which, in the completed tabernacle, was placed in the holy of holies, because, in revelation, God begins from Himself, working outward toward man; as, in approach, the worshipper begins from himself, moving toward God in the holy of holies. The same order is followed in the Levitical offerings (Le 1.-5.). In approach man begins at the brazen altar, type of the Cross, where, in the fire of judgment, atonement is made.

make an ark The most inclusive type of Christ, Gold = Deity; wood = humanity. History:

Numbers 3:31 ; 10:33 ; Joshua 3:3-15 ; 6:11 ; Judges 20:27 ; 1 Samuel 3:3 ; 4:1-11 ; 5:1-10 ; 6:1-21 ; 1 Samuel 7:1 1 Samuel 7:2 ; 2 Samuel 6:2-17 ; 7:2 ; 15:24-29 ; 1 Kings 8:1-21 not carried to Babylon, ; 2 Kings 24:13 ; 2 Chronicles 35:3, not mentioned in Ezra or Neh. Where is it? Revelation 11:19

shittim wood i.e. acacia.

mercy

See "Propitiation." (See Scofield "Romans 3:25") .

shittim wood

i.e. acacia.

shittim wood

i.e. acacia.

shewbread

Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian's life as a believer-priest 1 Peter 2:9 ; Revelation 1:6 . In John 6:33-58 our Lord has more in mind the manna, that food which "came down"; but all typical meanings of "bread" are there gathered into His words. The manna is the life-giving Christ; the showbread, the life-sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the "corn of wheat" John 12:24 ground in the mill of suffering John 12:27 and brought into the fire of judgment John 12:31-33 . We, as priests, by faith feed upon Him as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. It is meditation upon Christ, as in Hebrews 12:2 Hebrews 12:3 .

candlestick

Candlestick, type of Christ our Light, shining in the fullness of the power of the sevenfold Spirit Isaiah 11:2 ; Hebrews 1:9 ; Revelation 1:4 . Natural light was excluded from the tabernacle. (Cf) 1 Corinthians 2:14 1 Corinthians 2:15 .

(See Scofield "Genesis 1:16") John 1:4 .