When most people think of the Old Testament tabernacle, they picture an ancient tent,

distant and unfamiliar, something that feels far removed from everyday life.

But what if that sacred structure was actually designed by God to point us

directly to everything we have in Jesus Christ? In this study, fully furnished, finding all you need in Christ,

Scott invites us to step inside the tabernacle and discover that every detail from the altar to the mercy seat was a divine

preview of the Savior to come. Let's join Scott now. Our God is a God of divine order, might I say,

a perfect order. And as might I say, of perfect order.

And as we begin our study of the sufficiency of Christ seen in this Old Testament

tabernacle furniture, I think it's very significant that when God begins the furniture

moving from the outside in, he begins with two pieces of furniture in the outer courtyard

that were both made of brass.

Now, we'll look at them individually,

but let me show you something about what the two have in common.

Because in the outer courtyard,

approaching to that tent of meeting, you come first of all to

what is known as the brazen altar. And then, just beyond the brazen altar, just before you go

inside the tent from out of the outer courtyard, there was a brazen laver. Now, the brazen altar is exactly what it sounds like.

It was the place where the animals were brought, the blood was shed, and the animals were burnt.

It was the place where the burnt offering was given.

And we must begin there.

We'll come back to that thought in just a moment.

But just beyond it,

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