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Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

  • Father of English hymnody
  • The ugly poet: 5’, big head, crooked nose
  • Fell in love but rejected
  • Poor health, lived with a friend for 36 yrs

I like the jewel but not the setting

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會幕 - 生命成長的歷程�Tabernacle - Stages of Growth in Life�Exodus 25-40

December 24, 2023

愛多邦基督教會

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又當為我造聖所，使我可以住在他們中間。 製造帳幕和其中的一切器具，都要照我所指示你的樣式。

Then have them make a sanctuary for me and I will dwell

among them. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings

exactly like the pattern that I will show you. (Exo. 25: 8-9)

What is the main subject of Exodus?

  • Redemption (12)
  • Crossing the Red Sea (2)
  • Giving the laws (5)
  • The tabernacle (16)

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Revelation, Reality, and Consummation of Tabernacle�

又

當

為

我

造

聖

所

，

使

我

可

以

住

在

他

們

中

間

。

出 25:8

約 1:14

住 = Tabernacle

Tabernacle

啟 21:3

Temple

Church

New Jerusalem

NJ = Tabernacle

道

成

了

肉

身

，

住

在

我

們

中

間

看

哪

，

但耶穌這話是以

他的身體為殿

約 2:21

教會是他的

身體 弗1:23

成了

出 39: 43

成了

約 19:30

都成了

啟 21:6

BC586

神

的

帳

幕

在

人

間

！

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100 肘

30 肘

50 肘

10 肘

東

Washing

Basin

Bronze

Altar

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Showbread

Table

Gold

Lampstand

Incense

Altar

Ark

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3 Different Orders

  1. Order of Revelation
    • Exo 25-31
    • God’s grace to man
  2. Order of Building
    • Exo 36-39
    • Man’s service to God
  3. Order of Growth in Life
    • 4 Stages of Growth

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啟示的順序�

  1. 約櫃
  2. 陳設餅的桌子
  3. 金燈台
  4. 帳幕
  5. 祭壇
  6. 外院子的帷子
  7. 祭司的袍服
  8. 金香壇
  9. 洗濯盆
  10. 聖香和聖膏

建造的順序�

  1. 帳幕
  2. 約櫃
  3. 陳設餅的桌子
  4. 金燈台
  5. 金香壇
  6. 聖香和聖膏
  7. 祭壇
  8. 洗濯盆
  9. 外院子的帷子
  10. 祭司的袍服

Know God’s Will

Start a New Church

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4 Stages of Growth

  1. Entering into the Outer Court
  2. Entering into the Holy Place
  3. Entering into the Most Holy Place
  4. Becoming the Testimony of Ark

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1

2

3

4

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Entering into the Outer Court

  • Must Pass thru Front Gate
    • 5 Posts, Bronze Base, Silver Top
    • 4 Inlets, with Curtain of Blue, Purple, Scarlet Linen
  • Jesus is the Gate

我就是門，凡從我進來的，必然得救。I’m the gate, whoever enters through me will be saved. (約 10: 9)

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Entering into the Holy Place (1)�

  • Many Activities in the Outer Court with a Lot of Open Space (94% vs. 6%)
  • 2 Criteria for Entering the Holy Place
    1. Offering Oneself on the Altar
      • Burnt Offering: Sweet Savor

Pleasing to the Lord

      • Reduced to Ashes
      • 5X5X3: the biggest object that

can include all other objects

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所以弟兄們，我以神的慈悲勸你們，將身體獻上，當做活祭，是聖潔的，是神所喜悅的，你們如此侍奉乃是理所當然的。(羅 12:1)

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Entering into the Holy Place (2)�

  • Criteria for Entering the Holy Place
    1. Offering Oneself on the Altar
      • Sins forgiven
    2. Washing Oneself at the Basin
      • Dealing with uncleanness
      • Bronze from the mirrors of the

women who served at outer court

      • Exposing uncleanness within
      • Washing away all self interests, ambitions, wrinkles …..

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要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，……，毫無玷汙、皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。(弗 5: 26-27)

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Entering into the Holy Place (3)�

  • 2 Criteria for Entering the Holy Place
  • Passing through Entrance Curtain as Priests
    • 5 Pillars with Bronze Base and Gold Top
    • 4 Inlets with Curtain of Blue, Purple, Scarlet Linen
    • All Boards and Pillars in the Holy Place
      • Acacia Wood with Tenons (榫)
      • Seated on Silver Sockets (卯)
      • Overlaid with Gold

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Entering into the Most Holy (1)�

  • As Priests serving in the Holy Place
    • Team Service under the High Priest Jesus Christ
  • 3 Necessary Experiences
    1. Fed at the Showbread Table
      • 12 Showbreads
      • Words are Spirit and Life
      • Words are Eternal
      • One with God’s Eternal Will

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我是從天上降下來生命的糧，人若吃這糧，就必永遠活著。(約 6: 51)

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Entering into the Most Holy (2)�

  • 3 Necessary Experiences
    1. Fed at the Showbread Table
    2. Hammered into Lampstand
      • 1 Talent of Gold
      • Church as Lampstand
      • Cup: Empty oneself
      • Bud: Filled with Christ
      • Blossom: Express Glory
      • Light up the Holy Place

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人點燈，不放在斗底下，是放在燈臺上，就照亮一家的人。(太 5: 15)

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Entering into the Most Holy (3)�

  • 3 Necessary Experiences
    1. Fed at the Showbread Table
    2. Hammered into Lampstand
    3. Praying at Incense Altar
      • Prayers are incense
      • Sweet fragrance for smell
      • Able to Co-work with God
      • Incense Altar moved to the Most Holy (Heb. 9 3-4)
  • Entering the Most Holy: 4 Pillars with 3 Inlets

…….. 拿著琴和盛滿了香的金爐。這香就是眾聖徒的祈禱。(啟 5: 8)

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In the Most Holy Place (1)�

  • 10X10X10 (12,000X12,000X12,000)
  • Ark of Covenant
    • 2.5X1.5X1.5, all half measures
    • Waiting for the other half
    • 3 Objects in the Ark
      • Stone Tablets (10 Commandments)
      • Gold Jar of Manna
      • Aaron’s Staff that had budded

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我又看見聖城新耶路撒冷由神那裡從天而降，預備好了，就如新婦裝飾整齊等候丈夫。(啟 21: 2)

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In the Most Holy Place (2)�

  • Ark of Covenant
  • Atonement Cover of Pure Gold
    • 2 Cherubim (Glory of God)
      • Wings Spread over the cover
      • Facing Each Other
      • Looking Toward the Cover
    • Meeting place of God and Man
  • One Receives God’s Commission Here
    • Most develop into their own ministries
    • Few remain true to the ONE ministry of Jesus Christ

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Isaac Watts

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Prayers

  • Knowing where we are
  • Willing to pursue more
  • Building up the local

body of Christ

  • Becoming God’s Testimony