Exo 26:16 | KingComments | STEP | The boards are made of wood and are covered with gold. Each board represents a believer. He is a man (wood), but in Christ (gold) “made pleasant” ( ) before God. All boards together form the tabernacle. All believers together form the church of the living God. The boards stand upright on two silver bases. Silver speaks of the price paid for reconciliation with God ( ). Believers are redeemed by the precious blood of the Lamb. They know two things – the two sockets – that are the basis of their faith. The faith in it gives the believers the certainty of the keeping: 1. that God has ‘delivered over the Lord Jesus because of our transgressions’ and 2. that He has ‘raised him from the dead because of our justification’ ( ; ). In that certainty they stand upright before God ( ). All boards have equal dimensions. As believers there is no distinction for God and every believer is accepted in the Beloved. In the functioning of the church on earth there are differences among the believers. Every believer has his own unique place. We see that in some boards that have a special place. The corner boards are used to hold the sides together. There are believers who have the special care that the believers stay together. They support the whole.

‏ Exodus 26:16

The Boards

The boards are made of wood and are covered with gold. Each board represents a believer. He is a man (wood), but in Christ (gold) “made pleasant” (Eph 1:6) before God. All boards together form the tabernacle. All believers together form the church of the living God.

The boards stand upright on two silver bases. Silver speaks of the price paid for reconciliation with God (1Pet 1:18-19). Believers are redeemed by the precious blood of the Lamb. They know two things – the two sockets – that are the basis of their faith. The faith in it gives the believers the certainty of the keeping:

1. that God has ‘delivered over the Lord Jesus because of our transgressions’ and

2. that He has ‘raised him from the dead because of our justification’ (Rom 4:25; 1Cor 15:3-4).

In that certainty they stand upright before God (Rom 5:1b-2).

All boards have equal dimensions. As believers there is no distinction for God and every believer is accepted in the Beloved. In the functioning of the church on earth there are differences among the believers. Every believer has his own unique place. We see that in some boards that have a special place. The corner boards are used to hold the sides together. There are believers who have the special care that the believers stay together. They support the whole.