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Come, Lord Jesus Christ | February 17

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February 17
“Spices for anointing oil” (Exodus 25:6).


Special spices were required by God, to be used in making the anointing oil. Read Exodus
30:22-33. That oil could only be used in the temple and in the Sanctuary, and upon those
who were serving in the Sanctuary; it could not be used for any other purpose.

The spices called myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, and cassia were used, along with olive oil.


In Song of Solomon 4:12-16, the Church is compared to a garden where those spices grow. Imagine a garden where frankincense, myrrh, aloes, cassia and calamus are all growing together. After much careful cultivation the bushes begin to blossom. Then the North and the South winds begin to blow, and the sweet fragrance of mingled spices flows out, giving great joy to the one who walks in the garden.

Can you sing to the Lord Jesus Christ! ‘Come, Lord Jesus Christ, into my heart, Thy garden of spices’. If you are not living a life to the glory of God, the Lord can smell no spices. But if you are living a life pleasing to Him, then that garden of spices, your heart can give joy to Him. We read in 1 Corinthians 3:9 that “We are God’s husbandry”, God’s garden, and in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, that “We are unto God a sweet savour of Christ”.

That is how our lives ought to be, so that, when our Lord Jesus Christ walks in His gardens, He may smell their fragrance.

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What is Tabernacle? | February 6

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February 6
“Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue,
and purple, and scarlet with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them” (Exodus 26:1).


Now mark carefully the coverings of the Tabernacle. In the Tabernacle the walls were boards of shittim wood covered with gold, but the ceiling was made of curtains (Exodus 26:1). Therewere four coverings. The first layer, was made of ten curtains of fine twined linen joined to one another by 50 blue loops and 50 gold taches. Together they formed “one tabernacle” over the sanctuary.


The linen was interwoven with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and cherubim were
embroidered upon it. The same materials were also used for the veil and for the hangings at the door of the Tabernacle and at the gate of the court. Every small detail has something to teach us about the Lord Jesus Christ.


The second set of curtains, was woven of goats’ hair, (Exodus 26:7-13). In this case there
were not ten curtains, but eleven. Together they formed the “tent” of the Tabernacle. Over
this was a third covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and on top of this again, was the last
covering of badgers’ skins (Exodus 26:14).

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