Day 54                                                                                                            14 July 2011

There are Biblical meanings for symbolic methods we as Christians use:

So what does all this mean and why can we use things in the physical to symbolise our beliefs and what difference will it make?

1 Cor 15:46 “But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual”

God’s principle namely that we need to give expression to the domain in the physical first, before its spiritual equivalent will materialize in the spiritual realm

A prayer shawl or Tallit:

ü  The prayer shawl or tallit in Hebrew is a sign of God’s covering and authority

ü  To humble ourselves under that authority is to wear the prayer shawl whilst praying

ü  It also represents the covering of the Holy Spirit

Anointing oil:

Exodus 30:23-29 “Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane, and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. And you shall make of these sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all its utensils, and the lamp stand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand. You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy. You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.”

ü  Myrrh                To be a true disciple to God, can be bitter but gives of a lovely aroma

ü  Cinnamon         A life of passion and integrity towards God

ü  Fragrant Cane   A powerful relationship with God and seek righteousness and truth.

ü  Cassia              A life of worship, bowing down before God

ü  Olive oil                        Binds all the spices together to form unity

Shofar

The horn of a wild goat is the shofar of the Bible, the horn sounded in the seventh month at Yom Teruah [Feast of Trumpets] and at the close of Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement]. It is reminiscent of the ram caught in the thicket, tangled in the bush by its horns during the binding of Isaac. It is the sound of God’s provision of perfect Atonement.

Leviticus 25:9-10 “9 Then you shall sound abroad the loud trumpet on the

tenth day of the seventh month [almost October]; on the Day of Atonement

blow the trumpet in all your land. And you shall hallow the fiftieth year and

proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee

for you; and each of you shall return to his ancestral possession [which

through poverty he was compelled to sell], and each of you shall return to his

family [from whom he was separated in bond service].”

A shofar was blown to announce an important event such as the alarm of war or the coming of peace. It is the sound of victory, as with Joshua and the city of Jericho. The shofar was sounded during the greatest event in all Israel’s history… the LORD’s marriage proposal to His People and the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai [Shavuot]. The blowing of the shofar is the only specific commandment for Yom Teruah the “Day of the shofar blast”. Just as the trumpeters used to announce the presence of mortal kings, the shofar is used by Israel to proclaim the Coronation of the King of Kings, Yahweh the Messiah, GOD THE KING.

 “Wake from your [moral] sleep! You are asleep! Get up from

your slumber. You are in deep sleep. Search for your behavior.

Become the best person that you can. Remember God, the

One who created you!”

Sound the trumpet! Anoint your heads, humble yourselves and pray to our Father

Fill the air with proclamations of the King!