The Bronze Laver
The Bronze Laver speaks of Christ our cleanser and purifier
No dimensions were given for the Bronze Laver indicating
that there is no dimension to the forgiveness of God. All can be cleansed!
The Bronze Laver was positioned between the “Bronze
Altar” and The “Entrance to The Holy Place” indicating the need for cleansing
before offering up service in the Holy Place and Holy of Holies to God.
Psalm 139:23-24
The Bronze laver was made of brass plates, which the
ladies used as mirrors, reflecting the need for self-examination before
coming into God’s presence, and offering any kind of service to God.
God searches us, and we should and examine search ourselves.
When a person looked into a mirror, it reminded them
of their fallen condition before God.
Below are the scriptures demonstrating what Jesus has
done to heal our condition before God.
Prophecy: Isaiah
53:5
“He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed
for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him and
by His wounds we are healed.”
Prophecy
fulfilled retrospectively Romans 5:8
“God demonstrates His own love for us in this way,
while we were still sinners, Christ died as a substitute for us”
The Key Word is Forgiveness, which means to blot out
and remember no more.
The Key Word is cleansing, which means to make clean,
when soiled.
We are all born under this unclean condition, as the
scriptures demonstrate.
Romans
5:12
“Just as sin entered the world through one man and
death through sin and in this way death came to all men, for all have sinned”
Romans
3:23
“All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God”
Isaiah
64:6
“All of us have become like one who is unclean, and
all our righteousness are like putrid rags in His sight. We all shrivel
up like a leaf and like the wind our sins sweep us away”
Jeremiah
17:9
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately
wicked who can know it (without cure).”
The High Priest and Priests had to wash their hands
and feet before entering either “The Holy Place”, or before entering “The
Holy of Holies” to perform their service to God. Anything that had contact
with the earth (World) needed cleansing.
Only the high priest was allowed to enter the Holy
of Holies. If either of these principles were neglected, the high priest
or priests would die instantly. Forget to wash and they died!
The Glory of The Lord (The Shekinah Glory) in The Holy
of Holies would kill the individual! Fire would come from The Holy of Holies;
from the Lord who resided there between The Cherubim, which were on the
Ark of the Covenant. Every act came under God’s close scrutiny.
Leviticus
10: 1-2
When offerings were made to the Lord, certain inward
parts needed to be washed and cleansed before they were burnt on the altar,
namely the inner parts and legs.
The laver was used for the cleansing
act of priests. These were ceremonial acts, but the believer could simply
name His violation to God and he would receive forgiveness, as David did.
Psalm 32:5
“I acknowledged my sin to you and you I did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, I will confess my transgression to the Lord and you forgave the
guilt of my sin.”
Psalm 51:4
“Against You and You only have I sinned, and done what is evil in you
sight.”
The believer periodically had to appear before the
Lord and go through the ceremonial act of individual or national sacrifice.
The verses of scripture related
to cleansing.
Psalm
38:18
“I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin”
Psalm
51:1-4
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing
love, according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash
away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions
and my sin is always before me. Against You and You only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you
speak and justified when you judge”
Isaiah
43:25/#
“I even I, Am He who blots out your transgressions
for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”
Past SINS Present
SINS Future SINS
All sins have been judged in Christ
The Nazarite Vow
In the time before Christ Death, “The time of
Matthew
6:9–14 & Numbers 6:2 & Acts 21:24
Now that Christ has “Paid the Price” for all of our
sins, we are now free from all law, which was a great burden to the Israelis
at the time.
Acts
15:10 – 11 & Matthew 11:28 –30
With regards to sin, now that Christ has paid the debt of
our sin to God, we simply tell God what He already knows.
The challenge to the Church
Hebrews
9:14
“How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who
through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our
consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living
God.”
1John 1:9
“If we name our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and purify us from all wrong doing”
Romans 8:4
“For what the law was powerless to do in that it was
weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness
of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in sinful man,
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be full met is
us, who do not live according to the sinful nature, but according to the
Spirit.”