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Exodus
25:31-40; 37:17-24
Comment: Along the south wall of the
holy place was the candlestick (not candlesticks) with six branches.
It was the only source of light. The light from the candlestick and
it's six branches reflected off the golden walls filling the
sanctuary.
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Beaten from one pure talent of gold (25:31,39)
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Comment: Seemed to be resemble an almond tree that was
budding and producing almonds (fruit of the almond tree.
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There
were 22 almond shaped bowls, 10 flowers, 10 knobs and three
branches.
Comment:
in Numbers 16:1 to 17:-8 the LORD proved to the nation of
Israel that Aaron and his family were chosen as high priest and the
priest who would serve in the holy place by Aaron's rod that budded
and produced almonds.
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Hebrews 3:1,4:14, 7:26, and 12:46 show that Jesus Christ is our
high priest.
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Comment: The candlestick is the Branch, the rod out of
the stem of Jesse in Isaiah 11:1 that has budded proving Jesus
Christ is the true high priest
Exodus
31:1-6; 35:30 Bezaleel was the LORD's choice to make the
candlestick.
He was
filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding,
and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.
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Comment: According to Psalm
111:10; Proverbs 1:7, 9:10, 15:33 Bezaleel and those who worked
under him would have been filled with the fear of the LORD.Their
fear of the LORD kept them from straying from the instructions
of Moses and the Holy Spirit.
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Comment: The exact details of the he candlestick, the
cherubims, the gold crowns around the table and mercy seat could
only come from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
The
candlestick as the Word
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Psalm 119:105 ¶ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and
a light unto my path.
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Psalm 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the
heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the
eyes.
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Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is
light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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In
Jeremiah 1:11 Jeremiah is shown a rod of an almond tree as
evidence that the LORD will quickly perform what His word said.
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John 1:1 Jesus is the Word
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John 9:5,12:46 Jesus is the light
The olive
oil which produces the light as the Holy Spirit
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1Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed
him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD
came upon David from that day forward. . . .
1Samuel 16:14 ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from
Saul, . . .
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2Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD put the words in David's
tongue that he spoke
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John 16:13-14 Jesus taught the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of
Truth (John 17:17) and and will glorify Jesus. Jesus told
his apostles that the Holy Spirit would receive from Him what he
would show them.
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Read Isaiah 11:1-5. Note Isaiah 11:1-2 ¶ And there
shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the
spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
fear of the LORD;
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Comment: Notice how Isaiah 11:1-2 fit with the six branches that
come out of the three knobs of the candlestick. See the image
Candlestock2 (click on
thumbnail).
Comment: The candlestick is Jesus Christ, Israel's Messiah, the
true High Priest. Powered by the Holy Spirit (the olive oil). The
glory of God shinning forth, fillingin the holy place.
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