Sickle of Truth

And so, we see that the dividing line between the earthly (or natural man), the unconsecrated believer, and that of the spiritual (the New Creature), the fully consecrated is the “First Vail” or “Vail of Consecration” the “door” to the Tabernacle proper. This distinction between the natural and the spiritual being pictured in the tabernacle by the use of “copper” as used in the courtyard and “gold” in the tabernacle itself. All of the various golden items used to depict…

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Having heeded the call echoed by the Apostle Paul to all believers residing within the courtyard condition, viz. “We beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of God“—if you feel gratitude for the manifest love of God, and desire to please Him and enter into the blessings to which you are called– “your high calling“–that you do more than you have yet done. If you would follow the example of our Lord, as you have agreed to do, you must not…

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AFTER our Lord had fully consecrated himself, surrendering his will for that of the Father’s, or as the Apostle quotes it from the Old Testament, “Lo, I come; in the volume of the Book it is written of me; I delight to do thy will, O my God” (Psa 40:7,8; Heb 10:7) he immediately went down to the river Jordan and was baptized by John, however reluctantly, nevertheless our Lord insisted, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it…

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The “SECOND STEP” entering the Tabernacle proper. “You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.” (Exod 26: 36) This door (the “First Vail”) represents our Lord even as the “Entrance Curtain” to the courtyard represented our Lord, our Lord once again being shown as the only means of access to the Father. “I am the door; by me if any man enter…

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In our previous post we mentioned how the blind guides had deceived many into believing a mere professing of faith is all that is required of them to insure their heavenly reward, that and their membership in one of the various “pens” (denominations or institutions) devised by men. The blame however for this deceit belongs not to the blind guides alone but is likewise shared by the blind who chose to follow them as the vast majority of professed believers…

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“Wolves” in the Courtyard In our previous post we were discussing the progressive path of those (individuals’ 1, 4, 5 and 6) who whilst in the courtyard were steadily taking the proper steps leading them to the main goal or object to their justification now during the Gospel Age. Such individual’s having entered the courtyard trough faith in Christ as represented in the “door” or “entrance curtain” to the courtyard then preceded on to the “Brazen Altar” and the “Laver”,…

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Once again, we enter the courtyard through faith in Christ as represented in the entrance curtain, the first step. “We see, then that justification by faith, faith in Christ, our first step toward holiness, brings us into a condition of peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom 5:1). When our sins are forgiven, or reckoned covered with Christ’s righteousness we are a step nearer to God, yet still human, WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN BEGOTTEN TO A NEW…

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For the moment we should like to proceed on to individual’s 4 and 5 in our examination of the courtyard, and return to 2 and 3 a bit later as 4 and 5 represents those individuals who are making proper progress as antitypical Levites (justified believers) on their way toward the true purpose or intent for faith justification now during the Gospel Age. Having gain entry into the courtyard through faith in Christ as pictured in the “Entrance Curtain”, the…

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“The Courtyard and the Tabernacle may properly be viewed from two different standpoints, the one representing the final accomplishment of those things typified and the other representing the tentative accomplishment of those things and the progress toward their full attainment. Into this `Courtyard’ only Levites (typical of justified believers) were allowed to come. The reason we say this condition is only tentative is because not all who profess to be believers (antitypical Levites) attain to all the privileges accounted to…

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“The two apartments of the Tabernacle, the `Holy’ and the `Most Holy,’ represent two phases or stages of the new life to which we are begotten by the Holy Spirit. “The Tabernacle `building,’ with its two parts, represented the two conditions of all who undergo a change of nature from human to spiritual. The first apartment, the ‘Holy,’ represented the condition of all those who (as Levites— justified believers) have consecrated their human nature to death, that they might become…

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