The Brazen Laver, cont'd

We read the command to construct the Laver and it's design that God gave Moses fromthe 30th. chapter of Exodus and you will notice that there was no dimensions given...the importance of the Laver was not so much the size but rather it's purpose. God had given to Moses the plan for the Laver just as He had all the other parts that went to make up the tabernacle and it's worship.
The Laver was made from highly polished bronze plates that were used for looking glasses that the women used as mirrors. Exodus 38:8 says. "He made the Laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting." Notice here that the women who served at the tabernacle were the same people who did the giving.....some things never change do they. Here is a question for you; was there a tabernacle or tent of meeting before this one that Moses erected? We will find he answer a little bit later.
As noted in ch. 38, the Laver was made from the highly polished bronze or better still copper plates that the women used for mirrors. And as we study and observe the Laver, two things stand out, at least to me. We behold its truths and in the light that always shone on it ....we can see ourselves. As we gaze into its beauty ...we see ourselves in the Light of its truth. It is highly polished and it shines and sparkles in the sunlight It continues to shine even after the sun went down at night because it is illuminated by the fire from the Brazen Altar because that fire never went out. Can you see the analogy here? Can you take in its message? The Brazen Laver represents the Word of God and as we gaze into the Word we see the beauty of its truths, we see Jesus on every page, we see God's love letter to mankind. But like the mirrors or looking glasses that it was made from, we also see our own reflection, do we not? As you and I look into the pages of God's Word we see what kind of person that we really are. James 1:22-24.
to be continued