Numbers 8: 3-4
(Aaron) set up the seven lamps so they reflected their light forward (in front of the lampstand), just as the Lord had commanded Moses. The entire lampstand, from its base to its decorative blossoms was made [in one piece] of beaten gold. It was built according to the exact design the Lord had shown Moses.
Revelation 1: 12-13, 20
When I turned to see Who was speaking to me, I saw seven golden lampstands. And standing in the middle of the lampstands was the Son of Man. . . . The seven lampstands are the seven churches.
The lamps are the seven churches (the seven ages of the church?), all set on one lampstand in the Tabernacle, one universal church.
The light of the lamps is to shine forward. We don't light a lamp then hide it, we set it up to give light to the whole room.
Our Light is to shine before us, we are not to hide our Light.
Father, teach me how to shine Your Light in me out to others without appearing to promote myself, only You!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
