God provided Jesus as a sacrifice to take away our sins: to redeem us “with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” 1 Peter 1:19.Waiting for response for 1 Peter 1:19 The lambs were sacrificed on the altar in the court outside the entrance to the Holy Place and the sacrifice of Christ, as the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world, enables individuals to enter, as it were, this Holy Place. Baptism is the ordinance by which believers associate themselves with the sacrifice of Christ. However the individual is also required to wash himself as the priests did at the laver in the court of the temple before entering the tabernacle. Therefore we are required to wash ourselves in the water of God’s word: “Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” Ephesians 5:25-26Waiting for response for Ephesians 5:25-26
Plan of the tabernacle