Posted on 12/26/2024 2:07:43 PM PST by Jim Robinson
God gave Moses instruction on how to create the Golden Menorah to light up the Tabernacle.
The Lampstand
See Exodus 25:31
"And Being in agony, He prayed more earnestly and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground"
Luke 22:44
Only the purest of olive oil was used to light up the menorah.
Thanks Yvonne and Jim. Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah. May God bless you all with another year of health and happiness.
Thankyou!
Jim, you are a true, humbel Servant of the LORD. Thank you mightly for this post.
Excellent post. Thank you.
MEGA dittos to that statement! God bless you and your family, Jim (and Yvonne).
:-)
Christ in the Menorah / Light of the World: the oil of the Spirit of God.
The oil is the Spirit of God
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.”
Romans 8:26
Thank you for your post. I never thought about the meaning of Zechariah and his vision of the menorah.
I found this excerpt extremely interesting
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/zechariah/4-11.htm
listed under Pulpit Commentary column
**I found this insightful excerpt from: Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament
“Zechariah 4:13. Moreover, the vision was NOT intended to represent an entirely new order of things, but simply to show the completion of that which was already contained and typified in the old covenant.
The seven-armed candlestick was nothing new in itself.
All that was new in the candlestick seen by Zechariah was the apparatus through which it was supplied with oil that it might give light, namely, the connection between the candlestick and the two olive-trees, whose branches bore olives like bunches of ears, to supply it abundantly with oil, which was conveyed to each of its seven lamps through seven pipes.
The candlestick of the tabernacle had to be supplied EVERY DAY with the necessary OIL by the hands of the priests. This oil the congregation had to present; and to this end the Lord had to bestow His blessing, that the fruits of the land might be made to prosper, so that the olive-tree should bear its olives, and yield a supply of oil. But this blessing was withdrawn from the nation when it fell away from its God (cf. Joel 1:10).
If, then, the candlestick had two olive-trees by its side, yielding OIL in such copious abundance, that every one of the seven lamps received its supply through seven pipes, it could NEVER FAIL to have sufficient OIL for a full and brilliant light.
This was what was new in the visionary candlestick; and the meaning was this, that the Lord would in future bestow upon His congregation the organs of His Spirit, and maintain them in such direct connection [OIL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT] with it, that it would be able to let its light shine with seven-fold brilliancy.”
Psalm 121 NASB
“I will raise my eyes to the mountains;
From where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who watches over you will not slumber.
Behold, He who watches over Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your protector;
The Lord is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not beat down on you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time and forever.”
Once again, Mr. Robinson, thank your wisdom. We all only can lean on the Spirit of God.
Very enlightening. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy New Year!
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