WORSHIP AND
DEDICATION
Lesson 3 for the 17th of October, 2009
OFFERING FOR THE SANCTUARY
Each leader offered an ox, and a cart was offered every two leaders.
MERARITES GERSHONITES
They received four carts and eight oxen to They received two carts and four
transport the frames, the crossbars, the oxen to transport the curtains and
posts and the bases of the Sanctuary. the coverings of the Sanctuary,
along with their ropes.
They received neither carts nor oxen, because they transported the
KOHATITES furniture of the Sanctuary on their shoulders.
OFFERING FOR THE SANCTUARY
God took care of His people and He wanted to
We must be careful
make the work of the Levite easier, so He gave
of how we use
them means of transport to move the Sanctuary
anything dedicated
(covered carts and oxen) or devoted to God.
Those carts and oxen were holy because they We mustn’t use
were received as an offering. They could be used dedicated things for
common use.
for holy work.
Why did they have to offer carts and oxen in order to transport
the sanctuary?
THE OUTER COURT
Offerings for the altar of burnt offering
dedication
Each leader brought:
A 3.3 lb weight silver plate full of flour
mixed with oil.
A 1.76 lb weight silver bowl full of flour
mixed with oil.
A 0.24 lb weight golden dish filled with
incense.
For a burnt offering: 1 young bull, 1
ram and 1 male lamb a year old.
For a sin offering: 1 male goat.
For the sacrifice of peace offerings: 2
oxen, 5 rams, 5 male goats and 5 male
lambs a year old.
THE OUTER COURT
Offerings for the altar of burnt offering
dedication
Each tribe (both big and small
ones) offered the same.
We are equal in the eyes of
God.
The altar represented the
sacrifice of Christ, the only
way to salvation for every
sinner.
THE HOLY
PLACE
Jesus, the bread of life
Jesus,
intercessor
for our
prayers Jesus, the
light of the
world
THE HOLY
PLACE
Its branches were
adorned with “cups” in
almonds shape, with
According to the illustration of “buds” (or capitals with
the lampstand on Titus’ arch pomegranate shape,
and to what Josephus says according to some
(Antiques iii, 6.7), the scholars), and
“lampstand” consisted of a “blossoms”. Each one of
central column. Three pairs of the lamps in the
branches rose from that column lampstand was checked
and reached the same level. every night and every
There are no dimensions of the morning. There was, at
lampstand, but it was made of least, one lamp burning
solid gold. every time.
THE HOLY THE LAMPSTAND, SYMBOL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“These seven are the eyes [spirits] of the Lord,
PLACE which range throughout the earth” (Zechariah, 4: 10
& Revelation, 5: 6)
• The lampstand • The almond tree • The pomegranates
illuminated is the first tree to that adorned the
during day and flower and it is lampstand’s branches
night. God is the called “watcher”. were an only fruit,
light which The almond but with many fruits
stands with us flowers that inside. The same
during day and supported the way, the fruit of the
night, lighting lamps teach us Holy Spirit is only
from heaven to how the Holy one, but it appears in
the Earth. Spirit watches many different ways.
for us. (Galatians, 5: 22-23)
THE MOST
HOLY
PLACE
The throne of God.
Jesus, our mediator
in the Investigative
Judgement.
The ark of the Testimony was a 1.10 m. (3.61 ft) long, 70 cm.
THE MOST (2.3 ft) wide and 70 cm. (2.3 ft) high box. It was covered in
HOLY pure gold inside, with a golden rim around it. The
“Testimony” (the two Law stone tablets, written by God’s
PLACE finger)
Its lid was called “the
mercy seat”. It has two
golden cherubs carved
with hammer, being
one piece with the
mercy seat.
Each cherub covered its body with a wing and touched the other cherub wing
with the other. They faced each other and looked towards the mercy seat, where
the presence of God (“Shekinah”) appeared.
THE MOST HOLY
PLACE
God got in touch with Moses in the
Most Holy Place, through the
“Shekinah”. We can reach His throne
–through Jesus Christ─ to talk to God
and to hear His voice.
“Therefore, brothers, since we
have confidence to enter the Most
Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
by a new and living way opened for
us through the curtain, that is, his
body, and since we have a great
priest over the house of God, let
us draw near to God with a sincere
heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled to
cleanse us from a guilty conscience
and having our bodies washed with
pure water”
Hebrews, 10: 19-22
After dedicating the utensils, they dedicated
the people who would help in using those
objects.
DEDICATION OF THE
SERVANTS OF THE
SANCTUARY
DEDICATION OF THE SERVANTS OF THE SANCTUARY
The Levites were
dedicated for the
work in the
Sanctuary in this
way:
They shaved their whole bodies. They washed themselves and their clothes.
They gave a young bull and an offering of fine flour mixed with oil. Aaron added a
second young bull.
The Israelites laid their hands on them, dedicating them to God, before the
Sanctuary.
Levites laid their hands on the heads of the bulls and they were offered as sacrifice,
one as sin offering and the other as burnt offering.
Aaron presented the Levites as an offering from the Israelites before God,
dedicating them to divine service.
DEDICATION OF THE SERVANTS OF THE SANCTUARY
“They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken
them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from
every Israelite woman… and I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron
and his sons to do the work at the Tent of Meeting on behalf of the
Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike
the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”
Numbers, 8: 16, 19
Levites were a living offering.
They made reconciliation for the people,
they helped in protecting the sons of Israel
from the divine anger they would suffer if
they would ever get close to the sanctuary.
Nowadays, we dedicate the people
responsible for the physical and
spiritual preservation of the church
through lying on of hands: pastors,
elders and deacons.
PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE
Offering for We must dedicate our goods to
the sanctuary God’s service.
The outer Let’s gaze at the meaning of the
court cross everyday.
The Holy Let’s reflect the light of the Holy
Place Spirit, who dwells within us.
The Most
Let’s talk to God and listen to Him.
Holy Place
Dedication of Our life must be completely
the Levites dedicated to God.
