and you shall make an Altar of Shittim Wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the Altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits (Ex. 27:1). The great Brazen Altar, which sat in front of the Tabernacle, represented Jesus and Calvary. The brass (copper) pictured judgment and the enduring strength of His Atoning Sacrifice; its polished surface, His sinlessness; its measurements, three by five, His Deity and His Grace. Its shape, foursquare, expressed its provision and sufficiency for the four quarters of the Earth; and its position, in front of the entrance to the House, that the Crucified Lamb of Calvary is the One and Only Way to God. It was borne by staves, thereby accompanying the people in their pilgrim way to Canaan, so teaching the lesson that there never comes a period in the Christian life where the Atoning Blood of Christ can be dispensed with. The Brazen Altar, without a doubt, was the single most important piece of furniture in the entirety of the Tabernacle. Some may argue that the Ark of the Covenant was the greatest; however, nothing could be reached in the Tabernacle, the Golden Lampstand, the Table of Shewbread, the Altar of Worship, and, above all, the Ark of the Covenant, without the Priests first going by means of the Brazen Altar. In other words, the Brazen Altar, typifying Christ and His Crucifixion, made possible the entirety of the Levitical Worship. Presently, and forever it will be the case, the Believer will ever have access to the Throne of God, all because of Jesus and what He did at the Cross (Rev., Chpt. 5).
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