Washing at the laver
You enter the one door in the fence around the tabernacle to go to the holy of holies and the presence of God. The first thing you see is the huge brazen altar where the animal sacrifices were offered, it is the picture of Calvary where the Lamb of God was offered to pay for our sins. Now you come to the "Laver", the place of washing before you enter the holy place of worship and fellowship with God.
"Laver" is the same word from which we get out word "lavatory". It simply means "a place for washing." The priests were commanded to wash here before entering the holy place (Ex. 30:18-21). It is a picture of the believer being cleansed from the sins he commits after he is saved. While the brazen altar is associated with a person receiving Christ and becoming saved, the laver is associated with cleansing for the sins he commits after salvation.
The instructions for washing at the laver are in Ex. 30:17-21:
"And the Lord spake unto Moses saying, Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: when they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord: so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations."
One of the first things a believer needs to learn is what to do when he sins after be is saved. What are the consequences and the cure? The laver answers these queries. At the brazen altar we see Christ judged for our sins, which brings us into an eternal relationship with eternal life with the Lord through salvation At the brazen laver we judge ourselves for our daily sins, and this restores the fellowship with the Lord, broken by those sins. See 1 Cor. 11:31 read this right now. It is immensely important. Don't miss the follow up and finish of this lesson next Wed. YOU ARE LOVED by God and me, ABC Sumner
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