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The Tabernacle
The Tabernacle Again, the holy, anointing oil was not to be put upon a stranger, or compounded for any other use (Exod. 30: 32, 33) . Even so "the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually dis- cerned" (I Cor. 2:14). Nor can any false creed, denying the Person and work of the Triune God, produce "the fruit of the Spirit." "No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.... Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his" (I Cor. 12: 3; Rom. 8:9). A very beautiful lesson is found in Aaron's feasting with his sons in the Holy Place of the tabernacle for seven days after their consecration to the priesthood. They were not to leave the Holy Place; but, together, they were to rest and feast upon the food of the priests, even the sacri- fice. One day the church, believer-priests, will be trans- lated, caught up to be forever with the Lord. Our Great High Priest will take us into the Most Holy Place, even heaven itself, there to rest with Him and to feast our souls upon Him who is the Bread of Life. At least seven more years will pass after that (while the Antichrist rules on earth) before our Lord returns in glory with His church, to be revealed as the righteous King over all the world. On the eighth day Aaron and his sons went out of the Holy Place, and the Lord appeared "unto all the people" (Lev. 9:1-4, 23, 24). "And Moses and Aaron ... blessed the people." What a picture of that yet future day when our Great High Priest will come out of the Most Holy Place, to appear in glory to all the world! "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall" we "also appear with him in glory" (Col. 3:4). The door of heaven will open; the King-Priest will de-
SB before the blood of the sacrifices was shed. This, we have ob erved, suggests the truth that Christ was baptized by the Holy Spirit before He shed His blood on Calvary. Then the sacrifices were offered· the blood was sprinkled; and Aaron and his sons were sanctified to- gether-by the blood of the sacrifice and by the anointing oil. Even so we who love the Lord have been crucified and buried with Him. God sees us risen with Him, ascended with Him, identified with Him now and for all eternity. Moses put the blood of the sacrifice on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. Then he did the same for Aaron's sons. The lesson is plain: The consecrated ear is open to hear the Word of God; the consecrated hand is ready to serve the Lord· and the consecrated foot is guided by His Spirit into "paths of righteousness for His name's sake." Our Lord's ear was ever open to hear and obey His Father's voice. His hands were ceaselessly busy, minister- ing to the sick, the poor, the weary. His feet always walked in the paths of holiness and righteousness. May we let Him have our willing ears and hands and feet to do His will! We shall, only as we let His cleansing blood and the power of His indwelling Holy Spirit take us and use us for His own glory. This anointing oil, a symbol of the Spirit of God, was holy. It was claimed by the Lord (Exod. 30:31). It was used to consecrate Aaron and his sons, and to sanctify the sacred vessels of the tabernacle. It was not to be poured upon man's flesh (Exod. 30:32); for "the flesh" can not be used by the Holy Spirit to glorify God. "The flesh"; i. e., our old, sinful nature, must be crucified, and the Holy Spirit must be given the control of our lives, if we would know victory over sin and fruitfulness in His service.
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