'Rightly Dividing the Word'
The New Tabernacle
Heb 9:3-5 and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
Inside the Holy of Holies of the New Tabernacle, will be the newly added Altar of Incense (golden censer) shifted by Christ from the Holy Place, the Ark of the Testimony and the Mercy Seat.
Ark of the Testimony
Inside the Ark of the Testimony are 3 items:-
1. Golden Pot of Manna fulfilled by the Bread of life.
John 6:48-50 "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die".
Daily, have you been reading and meditating on the Bible as often as you eat? Have you believed and kept His words, instructions and teachings?
2. Aaron's budded rod fulfilled by Melchizedek's priesthood
Heb 5:8-10 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all High Priest "according to the order of Melchizedek,"
Have you been faithfully serving Him by your complete obedience to His will in order to become the royal High Priest?
3. Tablets of the Covenant fulfilled by New Commandment
Heb 7:18-19 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
Have you loved one another as Jesus had loved and died for you?
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
Mercy Seat
Exo 25:21-22 "You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel."
God's throne is the mercy seat for His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting. Our Lord Jesus was the Word made flesh, full of grace and truth. His ministry on earth was filled with mercy. While dying on the cross, He prayed for the forgiveness of all those who tortured and crucified Him.
Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots.
God's Justice
Psa 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your face.
God's throne is the mercy seat, which rests on top of the ark of the testimony. His judgment is based on
1. Our Faith in Him by believing and keeping His words (Eating the Bread of life)
2. Our faithfulness in serving Him by our obedience to His will (Melchizedek Priesthood)
3. Our love for Him by keeping His commandments (our love for one another)
Glory Given to Overcomers
John 17:22-23 "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
All those, who had humbled themselves before God by believing, obeying and faithfully keeping His commandments, teachings, will and words, will be rewarded to sit with Christ on His throne.
Rev 3:21 "To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."
