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From my current reading:
?The seven flames of the Menorah represent the Holy presence of God Himself. He required them to be kept lit at all times. Every morning the priests replaced the bowls at the top of each of the seven branches with clean bowls filled with a reservoir of fresh oil, and trimmed each of the wicks. The discarded trimmings were buried outside the camp.
?Why such an extreme step? Well, a blackened wick cannot support a clean, pure flame. As with sin, uncleanness disrupts. The flame staggers and sputters and gives off less light.
?As we live our lives here on this Earth, sin and disobedience require God to trim away those areas that prevent His light from shining forth. He is faithful to forgive our sin and separate it from His presence, just as the Israelites deposited the wick trimmings outside the camp.
?Removing the sin allows His truth, mind, and spirit to flow through the wick unimpeded, giving forth His light as a witness to all. As our high priest, Jesus/Yeshua carefully tends His lampstand. Even if our light should grow dim, He will not extinguish a smoldering wick (Matthew 12:20, Isaiah 42:3) but will breathe on it and reignite it with the light of His Spirit.
What a picture!! ???????
Lost in Translation: Rediscovering the Hebrew Roots of our Faith by Klein & Spears
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