Exo Msg 94

1. The Christ is portrayed by a lampstand with one stalk, six branches, and seven lamps.
2. Knobs and branches indicate growth.
3. 25 knobs (calyxes), 5 x 5. 5 is responsibility.
4. 25 knobs for growth, 22 for blossoming and shining.
5. Christ grows first in Himself and then also in us as the branches.
6. The wick was made of material from plants and thus signifies humanity. The oil, a symbol of the Spirit, is divinity.
7. We discern the church by the shining of the light.
8. If we have more growth of Christ, we have more light.
9. The shining of the lampstand directs us to enjoy Christ as our life supply.
10. Light directs us to nourishment which directs us back to snuff the wick.
11. The light also directs us to enjoy Christ as the fragrant incense of resurrection in the prayer of fellowship with God.
12. It also leads us to enjoy Him as God's testimony and as the throne of grace in the HH.
13. At the lampstand, God shines. On the throne of grace, God appears. God's appearing is always in glory.
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The appearing of God's shekinah glory can be awesome and frightening; therefore, we need the redeeming blood sprinkled on the propitiatory cover, the throne of grace.