15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Matthew 5:14-17 New International Version (NIV)ġ4 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. As we have already seen, the menorah represents the human spirit and how it emits God’s light to the world. Revelation 4:5 New King James Version (NKJV)ĥ And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. When John later enters the sanctuary of God in heaven, he is shown that the seven lamps of fire represent the seven spirits of God. Moses was instructed to make the menorah according to the pattern shown him on the mountain. The Seven Lamps of The SpiritĪ menorah is a single lampstand that has seven lamps of fire upon it. It’s one vessel that has seven lamps which bring forth seven flames. Without the Holy Spirit, your spirit can not give out God’s light to your body. From it, we can learn that the Human Spirit has seven channels through which it can release the light of God from within you. So the Menorah is a revelation of how the Human Spirit is structured. When the Holy Spirit works in you, he works through your human spirit. When the Holy Spirit came upon the first believers, their menorahs were lit for the first time.Īcts 2:3-4 New International Version (NIV)ģ They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them The anointing oil that lights your menorah, is the Holy Spirit. Proverbs 20:27 New King James Version (NKJV)Ģ7 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. What then does it represent in our bodies? It represents the Human Spirit. The menorah was the light that lit God’s temple. So the tabernacle of Moses is now manifested as our bodies, which are God’s temple. The tabernacle of Moses was a type of the body of Jesus Christ who is the ultimate temple of God and our bodies are also temples of God.ġ Corinthians 6:19 New King James Version (NKJV)ġ9 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? The purpose of the Menorah was to give light in the temple of God. This single lamp stand, with seven lamps of fire on it, is in Hebrew called the menorah.īelow is a simplified diagram of the menorah. 36 The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.ģ7 “Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.38 Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold. 39 A talent of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories. 40 See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. 35 One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair-six branches in all. 34 And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand-three on one side and three on the other. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. It was one lampstand with seven lamps of fire.Įxodus 25:31-40 New International Version (NIV)ģ1 “Make a lampstand of pure gold. The menorah is a golden lampstand that was placed to light up the sanctuary of the temple.
One of the ways in which the seven spirits of God are represented in the bible, is through the seven lights of the menorah. Listen to this article PART2: THE MENORA INTRODUCTION
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