Within the tabernacle-tent were three bits of furniture that symbolised three promises that the life of faith is to be built on. The first promise is a promise of guidance. This is symbolised in the lampstand. God is our light in the darkness showing us the way. Jesus accordingly says to us: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). The second promise is that of provision symbolised in the tables where the bread of the Presence was placed. As we walk in the light of God’s way, God will be our sustainer and provider. Again, Jesus accordingly says to us: “I am the bread of life…Whoever eats this bread will live forever” (John 6:48,51). And then finally inside the Most Holy Place the ark of the covenant represented God’s commitment to his people, particularly that of atonement for their sins. The ark was to contain the stone tablets of the law over which a solid gold ‘atonement lid’ was placed. On the lid were two cherubim who, significantly, were made to look down on the lid. It is on this lid that the blood of the sacrifice would be sprinkled on the day of atonement. The promise here is that God would make provision for the covering over of the sins of his people by the blood of his sacrifice. This sacrifice is Jesus himself. In him you have absolute assurance of forgiveness. These are the key promises that you can carry with you every day just as the Israelites carried the tabernacle and its furniture wherever they went.
Pray for God to fulfil these promises in your life.
Read Exodus 25:10-40
