The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD,
Searching all the inner depths of his heart. Prov. 20:27

WARNING YOU MAY HAVE TO THINK AS YOU READ THIS!

Light is an amazing substance. It has weight, volume, density, mass, speed, and can be either a wave or a particle. Light is very important in the Tabernacle and the two Rooms of Mystery within the Sanctuary. Light was the beginning substance of Creation. The way, order and manner in which God created the Heavens and the Earth actually foretold many things such as the coming Tabernacle. It also foretold the coming of the Messiah, but you have to unfold the secret to see that prophecy. Those secrets are not clear to those that need eye salve. The Tabernacle is a type and shadow of Creation and found within the tabernacle are Secrets, which are Keys to understanding not only God, but also HIS WAYS. There are many Secret Keys, here and in the next posting I will write about seven of them.

A SECRET KEY IS LIGHT
One of the Secrets is the Key of Light. In Creation you will find three kinds of light – that’s right three! The first Light eternally exists in God, who the Apostle John described as light. The second light was the light God spoke into existence when He said, “Let there be light!” From that light everything else was created. Subsequently God then, on the fourth day of Creation, created the third light – the Sun and all other Suns (stars), planets, moons, galaxies, and other entities that exist in the universe.

That is the order in which God created light. However, you have journeyed through the Tabernacle in reverse order. You came from the third light (Sun) that shown on you in the Outercourt. You are currently standing in the covered tent of the Sanctuary before the second Light (Lampstand) and you will soon procede to the third Light (Mercy seat) found in the Holy of Holies.

The first light was Eternally in existence, the second light was spoken into existence, the third light was created into existence.

A SECOND SECRET KEY
A second secret Key is found in the combination of oil and light and the resulting dynamic of combustion. You will find this combination in the very beginning of creation.

In creation, you have the Holy Spirit of God (oil) hovering (wind or winnowing) and waiting over the darkness of the unformed, void, Earth. Likewise, in the Tabernacle the Oil is waiting in the Lampstand. In creation, God said, “Let there be light!” and from those words, the light (the second light) from which all things were created came into being. The Lampstand of the Sanctuary was lit by God speaking Light, which was the spark that ignited the flame of the Lampstand. In other words God lit the Lampstand.

Remember, the first, uncreated, Eternal light is found in God alone. God spoke the second light into existence. In like manner, God also spoke the light into being that lit the Oil filled Lampstand in the Sanctuary. The rule is, no oil = no light, because light is fueled by Oil – yet oil needs the spark of light to fuel the light. That is where God comes in.

Thus, you might say, that it was the presence of the Holy Spirit on the Earth that fueled the light that God spoke into existence. Again, this is the second light and from that light the bulk of creation commenced. Only the dark and formless Earth preceded the spoken light. Please note that the spoken light did not precede the Eternal Light. At this point it might become a little confusing if you do not keep the order of the Lights straight.

A THIRD SECRET KEY
A third Secret Key is to understand the parallel between Jesus, Creation, and the Tabernacle, which foretold of Him. The focal point of that Key seems too simple and you might want to brush this off and race on to the next Key – please do not do that. You will not get any of the Keys if you do not get this one. So here it is, “Jesus is the Light of the world.” I told you it would seem too simple. So slow down and follow the trail. The prophets foretold that the Messiah, a great Light, would come into darkness. This spiritually paralleled the darkness that covered the Earth at Creation, and how light entered it.

Jesus said the Holy Spirit of God within Him did all the miracles he did. So here is the trail once again - light (spark) comes to Oil and an explosion (dunamis) happens - this is what happened in Jesus, Light and oil combusted. This is how the miracles He did happened. Did you ever wonder how it was that Jesus created all things when the Scripture states that it was the Holy Spirit hovering over all the Earth (Col. 1:16; Gen. 1:2)? So Jesus brought light to an Earth that was dwelling in total Spiritual Darkness – just as He did when Creation first began. And God once again said, “Let there be Light.”

Enough deep thinking for now, I’ll write on the other four secret Keys in my next post.

Blessings,
John Paul