Chapter VIII THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
Christ, ''The True Light" and His ''Children of Light" Exodus 25:31-40; 27:20, 21; 37:17-24; 39:37; 40:24, 25 Leviticus 24:1-4; Numbers 4:5, 9, 10, 15; 8:1-4 As the priests entered the Holy Place of the Jewish tabernacle, they beheld three beautiful articles of furniture, all lighted by the golden candlestick. Indeed, there was no other source of light in this sacred dwelling place of God "in the midst" of His people, Israel. There was no win- dow in the sanctuary, for all natural light was excluded. But as the seven lamps of the golden candlestick burned, at the left of the priest as he entered the door, they shone not only upon this beautiful article of pure gold, but also upon the golden-covered table of shewbread just opposite the candlestick on the north, and upon the golden-covered altar of incense in front of the door and before the veil which separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. As we remember that these three pieces of furniture in the Holy Place, as well as the other three, were given their positions by the Lord Himself; and that they formed important links in «the shadow of the cross," outlined by the God-given arrangement of the six articles which made the furniture of this «tent of the congregation"; then their typical significance becomes overwhelming proof that they foreshadowed "The Glories of Christ As Seen in the Jewish Tabernacle." ot only did the light from the golden candlestick reveal the beauty of this seven-branched lampstand and that of the table and the altar; but it also cast its rays upon the beautiful gold-covered boards which formed the [181]
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