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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Exodus 37:17-29
The candlestick of pure gold came next, with its base of beaten gold, its bowls, its knops and its flowers, which "were of itself" (JND). God takes pleasure in repeating with great detail all the fullness (the number 7) of fruits and beauties displayed in this candlestick, a type of Christ, who is second to none in any of His glories. But do not forget that the candlestick was of beaten gold, and that it was supplied by beaten oil (Exodus 27:20), descriptions which remind us of the suffering of the One who came as the true Light into the midst of darkness, and was not received. Rejected, He now shines forth in the holy sanctuary where His own can contemplate Him by faith.
The golden altar, which was also in the holy place, before the veil, is another picture of the One who is the central object of our worship, in whose Name we make our approach to God in worship and also in intercession. The incense, which was offered there, if we refer back to Exodus 30:34-38, was "a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy". The different oils which constituted it speak to us of the perfections of the Son of God and of the value that these perfections have for the Father, to whom we present them.
The holy anointing oil is similarly prepared in accordance with the instructions in Exodus 30.
