- Another picture; the laver, INVITATION THE TABERNACLE #2 S, PAU made of mirrors, shows us Romans 6:23 – “For the - Have you received Jesus? Ex. 27:1-8; 30:17-21; Jesus, the living Word of God 38:1-8; Leviticus 3:7-8 wages of sin is death . . . .” John 1:12 – “But as many as 1. - A mirror shows us ourselves received Him (choose to take VOL. 9, ILLUS. 13 as we are ... sinners Jesus as Saviour), to them 2.

gave He power (authority) to - Phinehas must have hoped - The washing is a picture too 3. become the children of God, he could go in Tab. soon even to them that believe on - When we receive Jesus, we - Eleazar, “Because of God’s His name.” - Phinehas walked slowly are bathed all over–made mercy, He allows an animal toward the Tabernacle gate clean from our sin S to die in the place of sinner” P, E - Looking at Tab. reminded him - Still things come into our - Aaron, grandfather of L how much God loved him lives that displease God BOW HEADS Phinehas, standing at altar RESPONSE G - Now we only to need to have - There were many things CHALLENGE our hands and feet washed Phinehas wanted to know - Already received Jesus - Beautiful curtain was drawn aside; he saw an altar MT, PAS – GOD WANTS - Why was Aaron called

YOU TO CONFESS YOUR G – Go over MT the “high priest”? SINS IMMEDIATELY GOD WANTS YOU TO VOL. 9, ILLUS. 14 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess CONFESS YOUR SINS - Why was Aaron wearing our sins, He is faithful and IMMEDIATELY - Eleazar, “That is brazen such splendid clothing? just to forgive us our sins altar; covered with bronze” . . . .” R – Review PAS verse - Rest would have to wait, 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess - He had seen many altars of now wanted to know more 1. our sins, He is faithful and stone, earth; never BRONZE about brazen altar just to forgive us our sins ....” 2. - He knew altars were used for - Eleazar, “Special wood from O – Overview PAS examples sacrifices to God a small tree under bronze” 3. 1. - Eleazar, “God asks us to - Bible speaks of Jesus as “a - Priests were not permitted to 2. bring animal sacrifices root out of a dry ground” go inside unless clean because of our sins” 3. - Wood is a “picture” of Jesus - Have you been washed from - Sin must be punished; the your sin by receiving Jesus? W – Will you do it? same is true today! O - Phinehas saw the men - He was admitting that he - God accepted blood of - Eleazar, “The other piece of working with the bronze himself was a sinner animals as a covering for sin; furniture in court is laver ... each sin required another - Just as bronze is strong, so - But penalty for his sin would sacrifice - ... It is place of washing ... the Lord Jesus is strong be paid for by a substitute - Only the blood of Jesus - ... We priests wash our - Jesus does not change His - Phinehas watched as man takes away sin and removes hands and feet there when mind about right and wrong put hand on head of lamb; its penalty forever we are finished at the altar” closed eyes and prayed - Brazen altar was bigger than P, E - Reminds me of being clean any altar Phinehas had seen - Then the lamb–a perfect Rev. 1:5 – “. . . Unto Him that one (no broken leg, no sore loved us, and washed us MT – GOD WANTS YOU TO - Eleazar, “Rich people bring eye, no wounds)–was killed from our sins in His own CONFESS YOUR SINS large sacrifices–cattle from blood.” (M.V.) IMMEDIATELY their herds” - Only blood of a perfect animal would do as covering - For hundreds of years, - The priests washed hands - Phinehas realized that a bull for sin animals were sacrificed for and feet so they would be cut in pieces would cover the the sins of the people clean before God grate of the altar - Here is another picture of the Lord Jesus Christ - When Jesus died on cross, - Phinehas, “So bright it hurts VOL. 9, ILLUS. 15 He said, “It is finished” my eyes just to look at it” - He is the Lamb of God; the perfect One who died on the - He was saying the payment - “Son, your mother and other - As he watched, a man cross to pay penalty for sin for sins was complete women brought shining brought a lamb to altar, he bronze mirrors as offerings” was not a rich man, or priest VOL. 9, ILLUS. 16 - Jesus would never have to die again, nor would animal - “Is there water in the laver?” - Very poor men would bring a have to die in place of sinner Phinehas asked dove ... wasn’t a poor man - Eleazar, “Phinehas, only one way to worship God ... - Phinehas was eager to know - “Yes,” said Eleazar. “There - God gave exact instructions about the other piece of is water in the laver” on how various people - ... You must come through furniture in the court should worship Him the gate with a sacrifice” - Eleazar, “We priests may not go into Tab unless our - By bringing his offering, the - Phinehas was glad to see VOL. 9, ILLUS. 17 hands and feet are clean” man was admitting that God the altar was not too high for was holy and must punish sin a child to reach the top - Eleazar, “You may look at it (Remove covering above laver.) from here; only the priests (Remove covering over cross.) may go beyond brazen altar”