Page 61 - Ark of the Covenant Prayer(ebook)

the Holy Place and the most Holy Place. The wash basin is

placed in between the altar of burnt offering and the tent.
The priests conducted the ritual without putting on their

shoes. The floor of the temple was a bare earth. Have you
lived on the ground without having shoes on? The feet

becomes dirty in no time. Is it the ground only? The Altar
of burnt offering was a place where the slaughter-ing of the

animals and sprinkling of the blood were conducted. The
hands and body of the priests were always covered in the

blood of the animals. That is why the instruction on washing
of the body was given.

The wash basin represents a water baptism. Our bodies
have been cleansed at the wash basin. This is the water

baptism. The water baptism is a symbol of Jesus’s burial and
resurrec-tion. All of our sins have been forgiven through the

water baptism and we have been born again through Christ.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the
old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

3) The Holy Place (Bread of the presence, Lamp
stand, altar of incense)

61