The Tabernacle Lamps and the Bread (Leviticus 24:1 – 9)

Two elements of the worship experience in the tabernacle are discussed in this passage.  The tabernacle lamps were to burn continuously before the Lord, and Aaron the Priest was to care for the lamps at all times.  However, the people were to bring pure oil of pressed olives for the lamps.  Also, Aaron was to make sure there was bread on the table before the Lord, and that fresh bread was offered every Sabbath.  The people of Israel would supply the grain and, subsequently, the bread for this offering.

If we look at the oil as a sign of the anointing, then this passage would point to the need for the congregation and the preacher to be operating in the anointing every time worship occurs in the tabernacle.  For our purposes, every attendee should come to church with an anointed heart to worship, and every preacher should preach under the anointing.  Without both, God’s work and His worship will not be complete.  Also, the preacher should set the table with the bread of life each and every week when he preaches the gospel.  However, he should not be the only one supplying the bread.  Christians should be in the Word every day on their own, so that they are bringing the bread with them to church as well.  The Word comes with the Christian, and is affirmed by the presentation of the bread by the preacher.  Wow!  Preachers need to be ready, but so do the people.  When we all come together in the anointing, and we all live in the Word, revival happens!