How can people who have sinned come boldly before God? The answer is grace. Grace is not for someone who is perfect and has everything, but a lacking, weak, and awful person can receive grace. If you do not have any flaws, then you are not qualified to receive grace. Hebrews 4:16 “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Who can confidently go forward before the throne of grace? It is the one who ha

Exodus 27:10 “The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver.” There are 60 pillars in the tabernacle. They are placed on top of the bronze sockets. Just because they are placed on top of the bronze sockets, that does not mean they are standing strong. The pillars that hold up the curtains cannot stand strong with only the bronze sockets when the wind blows. So there are the hooks and bands. The hooks and bands connect the pillars to each other, and it says they are

The bronze that appears in the tabernacle is pointing to the judgment. The sockets of the tabernacle were made with bronze, the altars were made of bronze, and the lavers were made of bronze as well. Everything in the tabernacle, until you entered the Most Holy Place, were made of bronze. After living spiritual life in the Holy Place, we can go even deeper into the Most Holy Place, where we can see gold and silver. But the more a person is new at spiritual life, the more ofte

Our spiritual lives have to stand strong on the bronze sockets. Satan accuses us before God when we sin or make mistakes. “This is how you are, so how can you do the work of God?” he says and he condemns us. So when our actions are good, our faith stands, but when we make mistakes or sin, Satan accuses us, and our faith loses balance and can only be shaken. So where should our faith stand so we are not shaken and we can be stable? The bronze sockets represent Jesus Christ who