Tabernacle Lectures (102) Like almond blossoms

Exodus 25:33 “Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.”

The six branches that come out from the shaft of the lampstand represent God and man, who is the enemy of God. Man cannot go out to God on his own, but when we became one with Jesus Christ, we became able to go before God in perfect condition. Going to God with our works looks good in our thoughts, but God says that is evil.

When we rely on Jesus Christ and go forward with the righteousness of Christ, God calls us holy, regardless of our image. When we go to God, we have become one with Him because we have been joined with Jesus Christ. Therefore, if we are unable to realize the fact that God sees us in a completely different way, we can only see our evil image and be disappointed.

The number 6 represents man. The number 1 represents the Lord. And when they are combined, it becomes 7. The number 7 can never go back to the number 6. The number 6 is an incomplete number, so Jesus Christ must be added to become the number 7. But even so, man continues to think his image is the number 6 because he cannot rely on Jesus Christ.