The Seven Holy Furnishings
1. What does the bronze Altar of Burnt Offering typify?
2. What does the Laver typify?
3. What does the Table of Showbread typify?
4. What does the golden Lampstand typify?
5. What does the Altar of Incense typify?
6. What does the Ark of the Covenant typify?
7. What does the Mercy Seat typify?
8. What is the basis of our redemption?
9. Where does God always meet a human being?
10. By what act do we commence our departure from the filthiness of the world?
11. How do we wash our robes and keep them white in the blood of Christ?
12. What does the Table of Showbread bring to us?
13. What do we receive by eating the flesh of Christ and drinking His blood?
14. When are we born of the water?
15. When are we born of the Spirit?
16. When are we born of the Word of God?
17. What enables the Christian to be the light of the world?
18. When was the "Lampstand" of the Christian Church lighted?
19. What does the Altar of Incense typify?
20. What elements are included in the Spirit-filled prayers of the saints?
21. When does God hear us?
22. What does the Ark of the Covenant typify?
23. What does wood typify in the Scriptures?
24. What does gold typify in the Scriptures?
25. Who are the victorious saints?
26. What will the victorious saints inherit?
27. What does the Mercy Seat portray?
28. For what purpose is the fullness of the Glory of God given to the saints?
29. At what point does our redemption commence?
30. At what point is our redemption brought to fullness?
1. What does the bronze Altar of Burnt Offering typify?
The crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary, brought to our minds continually in the sacrament of Communion; the atonement that Christ has made for our sins; our Passover Lamb.
2. What does the Laver typify?Our separation from sin and the world by our crucifixion with Christ, established by water baptism; purification from the filth of the world as we keep ourselves holy by confession, repentance, resistance to sin, obedience to God’s will, the atoning blood of Christ, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Word of God; the washing away of our sins that comes about by receiving and obeying the Word of God.
3. What does the Table of Showbread typify?The continual presentation of the living Word of God, Christ, the eating of whom builds up Christ in the believer; the receiving of the body and blood of the Lord in the Communion service; Christ, the Bread from Heaven; the born-again experience.
4. What does the golden Lampstand typify?The baptism with the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ; the various ministries and gifts of the Holy Spirit; anointing for Christian ministry and service; the law of the Spirit of Life; Pentecost; the Body of Christ—the Anointed Deliverer, the Servant of the Lord.
5. What does the Altar of Incense typify?The life and Person of the Lord Jesus worked into the life and person of the believer by the Holy Spirit so that the believer’s prayers and worship bring the fragrance of His beloved Son before the face of the Father in Heaven; death to self-love and self-will.
6. What does the Ark of the Covenant typify?The Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore the saint of God in whom Christ is being formed, who is overcoming sin in his daily walk, and who is learning perfect obedience to the Father.
7. What does the Mercy Seat typify?The fullness of the Glory of God in Christ through the Holy Spirit; the image of Christ formed in spirit, soul, and body; authority and power through Christ over all things; the abiding of the Persons of the Godhead in the Christian.
8. What is the basis of our redemption?The atoning blood of Christ.
9. Where does God always meet a human being?God meets man only at the cross.
10. By what act do we commence our departure from the filthiness of the world?Water baptism.
11. How do we wash our robes and keep them white in the blood of Christ?By continual repentance, confession, and resistance to sin.
12. What does the Table of Showbread bring to us?The body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
13. What do we receive by eating the flesh of Christ and drinking His blood?We are born again and live spiritually.
14. When are we born of the water?We are born of the water when we are born of a woman, born physically.
15. When are we born of the Spirit?When the Holy Spirit of God receives and renews our spirit, thereby making us alive and lifting our spirit to abide in Christ in heavenly places.
16. When are we born of the Word of God?When we eat the flesh of Christ and drink His blood so He Himself begins to be formed in us.
17. What enables the Christian to be the light of the world?The Holy Spirit.
18. When was the "Lampstand" of the Christian Church lighted?When the Holy Spirit fell on the first Christian Pentecost.
19. What does the Altar of Incense typify?Holy Spirit-empowered prayer.
20. What elements are included in the Spirit-filled prayers of the saints?Supplication, travail of spirit, intercession, battle against evil forces, petition, praise, adoration, giving of thanks, love, faith, and hope.
21. When does God hear us?When we give ourselves to Him without reservation.
22. What does the Ark of the Covenant typify?Our Lord Jesus Christ. It reveals also the character of the overcoming saint.
23. What does wood typify in the Scriptures?Humanity.
24. What does gold typify in the Scriptures?Divinity.
25. Who are the victorious saints?Those persons in the churches who give themselves over wholly to serving the Lord Jesus.
26. What will the victorious saints inherit?All things.
27. What does the Mercy Seat portray?The Glory of God.
28. For what purpose is the fullness of the Glory of God given to the saints?That they may be one in the Father and in the Son.
29. At what point does our redemption commence?When we accept by faith the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus as the atonement for our sins.
30. At what point is our redemption brought to fullness?When we have been received completely into the Life of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.