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Chapter Seven
The Laver
As we have seen, there is a way into the manifest presence of God.
This process begins with the pure gospel which we see at the gate.
The next step is the cross, which is depicted by the bronze altar. On
this journey into the Holy of Holies, the next stop after the cross (bronze altar)
is the bronze Laver. The Laver speaks of sanctification. When Israel left
Egypt, the Egyptian women were given bronze “looking glasses.” These
were the hand held mirrors of their time. When Moses asked the people to
make donations for the Tabernacle to be built, gold, different fabrics, acacia
wood, and these bronze “looking glasses” were given by the people. This is
prophetic of the work of the Laver. When someone looks into a body of water,
they can see their reflection. The Laver speaks of the cleansing work of
the word of God and water baptism. I will take this chapter to look at three
areas the Laver speaks about: water baptism, a renewed mind, and the word
of God.
Water Baptism
We read in Exodus 29 about Moses consecrating Aaron and his sons into
their priestly office. All Christians hold the office of a priest (1 Peter 2:9).
Notice that it took Moses as an authority figure to consecrate Aaron and his
sons. Aaron could not consecrate himself. Consecration is a deep cleansing
that takes someone to a place of being released into new levels of anointing
and ministry. Moses used a washing with water, sprinkling of blood, and
anointing with oil. We see this pattern in 1John 5:7­8 when it says, “For there
are three that testify: the Spirit, the water, and the blood.” The oil represents
the Holy Spirit, the water speaks of water baptism, and the blood speaks of
the blood of Jesus.
The water
Baptism is seen as a death and resurrection. This is true. The act is sym­
bolic of our dying, being crucified with Christ to the old man, and being resur­
rected as a new man. True resurrection life, power, and anointing is found
after we undergo a baptism of death. The outward act of water baptism is
really a dead ritual unless this principal is understood. Romans 6:3­4 says,
“Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism
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