_Let them measure the pattern._ MEASURING THE PATTERN A correct exhibition of God’s spiritual building was to be the means of awakening the Israelites to a sense of their own deficiencies. The prophet was to hold up the pattern showed in the mount, the temple as it existed in the excellence of its... [ Continue Reading ]
_If they be ashamed of all that they have done._ TRUE PENITENCE I. The character of true penitents. “If they be ashamed of all that they have done.” Every principle of corrupted nature lies in direct opposition to penitential shame. Ignorance, pride, deceit, hostility against God, and self-righteo... [ Continue Reading ]
_This is the law of the house._ THE LAW OF THE HOUSE A Church to be rightly constituted must be scriptural. It must be formed and fashioned after the pattern of the true temple--founded not on the authority of man--not on the traditions of the elders--not on the opinions of the fathers--not on the... [ Continue Reading ]
_These are the measures of the altar after the cubits._ THE ALTAR MEASURABLE AND IMMEASURABLE There is nothing held to be insignificant in the Book of God that pertains to the Divine altar or the holy house. Everything is of consequence; perhaps it would be more than paradoxical to say that everyth... [ Continue Reading ]