Aug 29-30, 2020
Saturday Evening:
III. The Feast of Firstfruits (Lev. 23:10-14)
C. Christ – our example as firstfruits (1 Cor. 15:20-23)
1. Follow the captain of salvation (Heb. 2:10-11)
2. Looking at Jesus (Heb. 12:2)
3. Save to the uttermost (Heb. 7:24-25)
D. Becoming a firstfruit (Rev. 14:1-5)
1. Best love for the Lord to do the best works
(Rev. 2:4-5)
2. Attaining the best resurrection (Phil. 3:11)
3. Wise virgins (Matt. 25:1-13)
4. Rapture of the male-child (Rev. 12:1-2, 5-6)
Sunday Morning:
III. The holy place – corresponds to our soul (Heb. 6:19)
C. The golden lampstand with its utensils – the light of life
(Exod. 25:31-40; Zech. 4:1-6)
1. Hammered from one talent of pure gold (1 Cor. 3:12;
Rev. 3:18)
2. The shaft at the center and the 6 branches – Christ, in
whom we have been planted (John 15:5; Rom. 6:5)
3. Adorned with bowls made like almonds, with knobs
and blossoms – the full power of the resurrection life
(Num. 17:1-9; Phil. 3:10-11)
4. The lamps are arranged so that they give light in front
of the lampstand (Exod. 25:37; Jer. 33:3; John 16:13)
5. The lamps must burn continually (Ex. 27:20-21;
Lev. 24:2-4)
6. Freshly pressed olive oil flows through the pipes –
the Holy Spirit (Zech. 4:2)
7. The golden wick-trimmers to trim away the old and to
hold fast to what is good (Rom. 12:9; 1 Thess. 5:21)