the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Exodus 38:1-20
The brazen altar reminds us that God has provided in the cross an answer to our sinful condition. But many believers are troubled by sins committed after their conversion. Can such lose their salvation? No! blessed be God! As Jesus said to Peter: "He that is washed" – a washing which takes place once for all for the believer (see Exodus 29:4) – "needeth not save to wash his feet" (John 13:10). This washing of the feet after walking, and of the hands for service, was done in the laver of brass. It was made of the same material as the altar to teach us that sins committed after our conversion cost the One who atoned for them as dearly as our earlier sins. But we can (and should) confess them to God who is faithful and just to forgive them because of the work of Jesus (1 John 1:9).
From v. 9 to v. 20, it is a question of the setting up of the court. We find there the measurements of the gate (v. 18): twenty cubits is about thirty-three feet. It is a picture of the door of grace, wide open to poor sinners, and of the easy access which the gospel affords to all to approach by way of the cross (the brazen altar). Have all our readers passed through this door?
