Exodus 33
Regulations Regarding the Courtyard of the Tabernacle,
the Altar of Burnt Offering, and the Lamps (Exodus 27:1-21)
The courtyard of the tabernacle is outside the Holy Place but belongs to the tabernacle.
The courtyard of the tabernacle is equivalent to a yard compared to a house. God had an altar of burnt offering
and a basin built at the entrance to the courtyard of the tabernacle. God placed the altar of burnt offering in front of the door
on the east side of the tabernacle and placed the basin between the altar of burnt offering and the holy place.
The altar of burnt offering was made to burn sacrifices and offer them to God, and the basin was made for the priests
to wash their hands and feet before entering the tabernacle.
1. Regulations regarding the altar of burnt offering (1~8)
1) When they entered the tabernacle, the first thing they faced was the altar of burnt offering.
2) John 10:9.
3) The altar of burnt offering symbolizes the cross.
4) The Israelites had to first receive forgiveness for their sins by burning their offerings on the altar of burnt offering.
2. Regulations regarding the courtyard of the tabernacle (9-19)
1) The wall surrounding the outer courtyard of the tabernacle was to be surrounded by a linen curtain.
2) This curtain was attached to 60 posts erected on the outskirts of the courtyard at 5 cubit intervals.
3) The entrance to the tabernacle was very wide compared to the size of the entire tabernacle.
4) The entrance to the tabernacle shows that anyone who wants to can enter.
3. Regulations regarding the lamps to be lit in the holy place of the tabernacle
1) The priests were to keep the lights on in the holy place 24 hours a day.
2) This lamp was the only light that brightened the windowless tabernacle.
3) For this lamp, only pure oil squeezed from olives had to be used.
4) It can be said that the priests symbolize the church leaders and the lamps symbolize the saints.
Conclusion: Sacrifice Burning on the Altar of Burnt Offering
1) The sacrifice that bled, died, and burned on the altar of burnt offering symbolized Christ.
2) Today, we too must look to the cross symbolized by the bronze altar of burnt offering.
3) Only after going through the process of restoring relationship with God could one enter the holy place.
4) All our sins were judged in Christ who hung on the cross.
If you realize and believe in the mystery of the altar of burnt offering and the cross that forgives the original sin of rebelling
against God and all the sins you have committed living as your own master, I hope you will say Amen.
If you want to receive the resurrected Christ, who put an end to all our sins through His atonement on the cross,
as your Lord and Savior and always serve and follow Him, please raise both your hands in the air and say Amen.
For the rest of your life, I hope you will be thankful for the grace of salvation and live as a witness of Christ by spreading
the way of salvation to your neighbors who are being dragged into darkness without knowing this gospel.
The tabernacle and its courtyard became us, where the Spirit of Jesus, who offered himself as a sacrifice
and became an eternal temple, dwells. So, the courtyard of the tabernacle can now be any place where believers live
depending on Jesus Christ, the ransom. In other words, whether our lives become the courtyard of the tabernacle depends
on whether we live relying on ourselves or on Jesus Christ, the substitutionary sacrifice.
I bless you in the name of the Lord that the courtyard of the Gentiles, the courtyard of healing,
and the courtyard of saving future generations can be activated within you and me, who have become the temple of God.
