The Tabernacle of Moses - The Brazen Altar-Part 1

      The Brazen Altar or the Altar of Burnt Offering (Exodus 27:1-8)(Altar of Judgement) was the largest piece of furniture in Moses' Tabernacle.It's believed that it was large enough for every other piece of furniture to fit into it, symbolizing all of the other graces, all of the other things that are in God come out from the Altar. In other words, we start with redemption, we start with the blood and as a result everything else precedes from there. You must start here(The Cross), for everything begins with salvation or redemption or the sacrifice of Jesus. Notice that where he finished is where we must start. The starting point for man's relationship with God. The word Altar means lifted up- high-ascending. Jesus Christ was lifted up on the Cross which was His Altar. Since then He has ascended up and is high above all. It also means "slaughter place". The Altar of Burnt Offering pointed to Calvary's Cross where all that the Brazen Altar foreshadowed was fulfilled.To me the Altar is a place where one meets with God.