FYI...IN CASE YOU NEEDED DIRECTION/RE-ALIGNMENT

And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.  Exodus 26:35



As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.  Rev. 1:20






GOD was very specific regarding the construction of the Tabernacle that the Israelites were to set up in the Wilderness. Everything had a place, and there was a reason for it being set in it's place.   I don't want to spend much of my blog speaking about each piece, but I do want to highlight two pieces the Lampstand and the Table of Shewbread.   Notice how the table of shewbread is positioned north, while the lampstand is south of it.    The table held the shewbread, which is representative of the bread of life, Jesus, and the very purpose of the lampstand was to illuminate the shewbread.   If you move the lampstand then the shewbread is no longer illuminated.  Which again...the sole purpose of the lampstand was to highlight, cast light upon the shewbread.   Now, in the book of Revelations we are told that the lampstand is representative of the church.   So the purpose of the church, is to illuminate, to draw attention to, to point people to CHRIST, the Shewbread, the Bread of Life.

Unfortunately when we don't understand this principle, we being the church...will try to cast our light on things, other than JESUS.   Now, before someone tries to hijack this blog and say we are supposed to be salt and light, and light is suppose to shine in places of darkness (TRUE), but the purpose of the CHURCH is to SHINE IT'S LIGHT UPON THE SHEWBREAD.    Now imagine if we take OUR LIGHT (lampstand) out of the HOLY PLACE to an ANTI-ABORTION RALLY?   What if we took our LIGHT (lampstand) to the Democratic/Republican/Tea-Party conventions?   What if we took our LIGHT to protest against GAY-RIGHTS, or GAYS in the Military, or at the funerals of those that were gay and served our country?  Or here's one....If took our LIGHT (the lampstand) to town hall meeting to advocate against busing kids into our communities, or GUN RIGHTS, etc?

I'll tell you what happens....when and if we do this......the table of shewbread, CHRIST is no longer highlighted, and we are positionally and totally out of alignment.   Now does the Bible have something to say about some of the things mentioned above...absolutely!!!!   But our role, our calling as THE CHURCH is to CAST LIGHT onto JESUS, to point people to Him.  This is best carried out through how we LOVE GOD enough to DO, TO FOLLOW HIS COMMANDMENTS.  Not try to make unbelievers follow it.....BUT WE ARE TO!    Then how we LOVE PEOPLE, by showing them the grace we were shown, and exposed to that made CHRIST attractive to those of us living in darkness prior to coming to CHRIST.   So before you attend your next pet causes meetings, ask yourself this question....have you moved the lampstand?  Please don't!   LGLP