R4082-326 Berean Bible Studies In Tabernacle Shadows

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BEREAN BIBLE STUDY IN TABERNACLE SHADOWS

OTHER SIGNIFICANT TYPES

DECEMBER 1

  1. Does St. Paul differentiate between merely justified believers and those who go on to sanctification, in Romans 12:1?

  2. How does his discrimination there correspond to the difference between the typical priests and their brethren, the Levites, from whom they were separated to the work of sacrifice and higher service? T.117, last par.

  3. Have all justified believers of this Gospel Age been eligible to membership in the Royal Priesthood until the “harvest” time?

  4. Will the opportunity for entering the ranks of the antitypical priests ever cease? T.118, line 11. C.216-220.

DECEMBER 8

  1. What is the usual interpretation of the text, “Now is the acceptable time”?

  2. What is the correct interpretation of it? T.118, line 12.

  3. Do those who now consecrate themselves to God as priests sacrifice as New Creatures, or as sinners, or as justified humans? Rom. 12:1.

  4. Do they offer spiritual or fleshly sacrifices? John 6:51; Col. 1:22,24; I Pet. 4:1; Heb. 10:10.

  5. If this be true, why do we read that the Church is a “holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God”? I Pet. 2:5.

DECEMBER 15

  1. Are we justified in accepting the reading of the Sinaitic MS., the oldest Greek MS. of the New Testament, which omits the word spiritual in I Pet. 2:5? See Tischendorf Testament; also list of interpolations shown in new WATCH TOWER BIBLES.

  2. Is it conceivable that the Lord should wish us to sacrifice spiritual interests? Are we not always to sacrifice the earthly so as to gain the spiritual?

  3. Is it probable that many in the Church at any time have been sacrificing priests? T.118, par. 1.

  4. What was the proportion of numbers as between the priests and the Levites? T.118, par. 2.

  5. Considering this typical teaching on the subject, should we be surprised that those professing consecration to death in God’s service and living accordingly are few—a little flock as compared with the millions of Christendom? Compare C.163.

DECEMBER 22

  1. How many nominal Christians make up the population of your city or town? And what number do you know who profess faith in Jesus as their Redeemer and have renounced sin and are living saintly lives?

  2. Even amongst the great, rich, wise and noble, according to the estimation of the world, do you find many possessing the fruits of the holy Spirit?

  3. If the type shows 8580 Levites to 5 priests, is it not a faithful picture in prophecy? T.118, par. 2.

  4. What was signified by the laver of water in the Tabernacle Court? T.119, par. 1.

  5. If that washing meant the putting away of the filth of the flesh, does its antitype apply only to the antitypical priests—the “little flock”? T.119, par. 1.

  6. Are natural men “totally depraved,” as some teach, or do some of the divine characteristics in a modified degree still persist despite the fall?

DECEMBER 29

  1. May a justified believer be wrongly consecrated to a work instead of to the Lord? T.119, par. 2.

  2. Do Church work, Rescue work, Temperance work, etc., sometimes deceive well-meaning people and take the place of the proper work of complete

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sacrifice to God—to do the will of the Father in heaven and to finish his work of gathering out the “Elect”? T.119, par. 2.

  1. Should we then be surprised that so few see “the deep things of God”—hidden behind the Tabernacle Vail, which represents full consecration—death of the will? T.119, par. 3.

  2. Does the Golden Altar of the holy, like the candlestick, represent not only Jesus but also all those whom he accepts as “his brethren,” his “Body”? T.120, par. 1.

  3. Do the “royal priests” offer their own incense (prayers) to God, or are they offered by their Advocate and Head? John 15:7; Rev. 8:3; T.120, par. 1.

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