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Brazen Altar - The Laver PDF Print E-mail
Written by Associate Pastor Wayne Durden   
Friday, 19 June 2009 15:46

waynedurden.jpgHe made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. (Exodus 38:8)  The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. (Psalm 119:130)

The word of God, oh!  What an intriguing book, the book of all books.  The laver was a very huge basin made from the brass mirrors of the Israelite women. This basin was the sacred washbowl of the tabernacle used by the priests to cleanse themselves.  When the priest went into the tabernacle of meeting, or "when they came near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, they would wash with water, lest they died" read (Exodus 30:20).  The Laver was in the tabernacle courtyard between the brazen altar and the door leading to the tabernacle.  The bronze laver symbolized the cleansing power of God's Holy word.  The great mystery of the laver was that it had no measurements.

Every piece of furniture and other objects in the tabernacle was measured to the "nth" degree with the laver being the exception.  Why? Was this, the mystery has a message to it.  A measurement meant the object had a limit to it.  By not defining the size of the laver, God was saying to us that there is no limit to the cleansing power contained in God's word.  I'm so afraid today there is not near enough emphasis placed on the cleansing power of God's word. Read (Hebrews 12:14, Hebrews 4:12-16).

Together For Christ,  Pastor Durden
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