The Laver
1. What two aspects of the bronze Laver are not described in the Scripture?
2. Where was the Laver located?
3. On what occasions did the priests wash their hands and feet at the Laver?
4. What is emphasized in the description of the Laver?
5. What is one possible explanation why the Laver did not have rings and carrying poles?
6. How might the Laver have been carried?
7. What does the bronze Laver portray?
8. What does the whole Tabernacle emphasize to the Christian believer?
9. What must be true of every believer?
10. What must the saint do when it becomes clear to him that the Lord is directing him to make a change in his occupation?
11. What should the convert do after receiving Christ as his Lord and Savior?
12. What is the convert demonstrating by his or her water baptism?
13. What does water baptism signify?
14. Read Romans 6:4; Acts 22:16.
15. What does the position of the Laver reveal?
16. Read Exodus 30:19-20.
17. What does holy behavior require?
18. What does the Holy Spirit render powerless?
19. What does a new Christian receive, for the first time in his life?
20. What helps us keep our behavior clean?
21. Where else can we receive help to live a godly life?
22. What will happen to a dirty Christian if he does not wash himself in the Word?
23. What is every Christian called to be?
24. What does God require of His priests?
1. What three aspects of the Laver are not described in the Scripture?
The size, the way in which it was to be prepared for carrying, and its base.
2. Where was the Laver located?
Directly in front of the door of the Tabernacle between the Altar of Burnt Offering and the door of the Tabernacle.
3. On what occasion did the priests wash their hands and feet at the Laver?
Whenever they went into the Tabernacle to minister before the Lord.
4. What is emphasized in the description of the Laver?
Its foot, or base.
5. What is one possible explanation why the Laver did not have rings and carrying poles?
It may have been too small to need receptacles and carrying poles.
6. How might the Laver have been carried?
It probably was placed on the purple cloth with the bronze utensils of the Altar of Burnt Offering and carried along with that altar.
7. What does the bronze Laver portray?
The cleansing of the believer from the filth of the world.
8. What does the whole Tabernacle emphasize to the Christian believer?
God expects us while we are in the world to live a life of holiness and dedication to Him.
9. What must be true of every believer?
He must remain as holy, as separated to God, as was the Tabernacle.
10. What must the saint do when it becomes clear to him that the Lord is directing him to make a change in his occupation?
He is to move quickly and diligently into the path that the Lord is pointing out to him or her.
11. What should the convert do after receiving Christ as his Lord and Savior?
He must be baptized in water.
12. What is the convert demonstrating by his or her water baptism?
He is willing for his old unclean nature to be crucified with Christ.
13. What does water baptism signify?
The believer does now, without reservation, finally forsake and renounce the world that he may cleave to Christ with his whole heart.
14. Read Romans 6:4; Acts 22: 16.
15. What does the position of the Laver reveal?Every person who would minister to God must be spiritually clean.
16. Read Exodus 30:19-20
17. What does holy behavior require?Constant prayer, constant vigilance, and continuing sensitivity to the rebuke and approval of the Holy Spirit. Every time the Holy Spirit reproves us of a sinful thought, word, or action we must be quick to confess our sin.
18. What does the Holy Spirit render powerless?
Our sinful nature.
19. What does a new Christian receive that he or she never possessed before?
The power to choose to be a servant of righteousness.
20. What helps us keep our behavior clean?
The reading of the Scriptures will help greatly.
21. Where else can we receive help to live a godly life?
Time must be spent in prayer each day, and in addition there must be a continuing attitude of prayer on our part. We need help from the prayers, counsel and ministry of other Christians.
22. What will happen to a dirty Christian if he does not wash himself in the Word?
A dirty Christian will be taken and washed by the Lord if he will not wash himself.
23. What is every Christian called to be?
A priest of the Lord.
24. What does God require of His priests?
That they be holy in deed, word, and thought, and that their hearts and minds be stayed on Him at all times, day and night.