<TITLE>18. Par 155-162</TITLE>L-155 All right, the 6th verse now if we get into it, "Seven lamps."
And before the throne... was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and around about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Oh, my. Look at this. "Beasts full of eyes, full of eyes before and be..." Now, wait. All...
... before the throne... was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne were four... and around the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Now, the "sea of glass." You that's going to... I'm... This ain't very much of a symbol here, but I want to erase this for a minute. Now, now, we want to study here just a little bit. The sea of glass is symbolized in the old temple, for Moses was commanded of God to build the temple on earth like he saw it in the heavens. Everyone knows that. All right.
And let me just draw a little bit here now. Say, here was the ark in the Old Testament. All right, the next thing, that was called holiest of holies. And the next place here was the altar, which was called holy place. And right before here was the sea of brass, it's called. In other words, it was a place where the sacrifices--sacrifices was washed--was washed here before they was received on the altar, at the brass altar, or the brazen altar where the sacrifice was burned.

L-159 Now, we want to watch this now where the--where it was. And now--now, in--this sea of glass was before the throne and before the holy place. Just... Now remember, the seven golden candlesticks set here like this, and come in a laver. See? Now, that's the one reflects the light from the holy place out to here. Now, if you... You don't have to write this down 'less you just want to, but that's... I got something else here I drawed out myself, that I wanted to get to you on. But now (You see?), this was called the sea of brass; it wasn't quite that big; it was set over more or less positionally in the temple. It was set along about like this here, was the sea of brass; it was a laver made out of brass where they washed the sacrifices. Before the sacrifices was burnt or accepted, they had to be washed.
Oh, wouldn't that make a sermon right now. Oh, my. Wouldn't that--wouldn't that just... It just strikes me: "washed." Before any sacrifice is received to God, it's first got to be washed. How? Not emotionally, but washed by the Word.
Now, we could go back and get where this Jewish rabbi... When I was preaching on that sermon of the waters of separation, the red heifer, waters that kept up, that they were made a waters of separation... And before we can ever come to God with true faith, we first got to come by the waters of separation. Yes, sir. You've got to come by what? The Word.
Oh, let me just see if I can talk this so that you'll, every one, will get it. Now, put on your spiritual thinking. Take off the war bonnet and put on your spiritual thinking now, 'cause here comes something. "Washed before it can be received at the altar," must first be washed by the waters of separation.

L-162 Now, turn with me right quick to Ephesians 5, just hold your place and go back just a few pages back to Ephesians the 5th chapter and the 26th verse.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it... (The church, he's speaking of.)
See, now, let--let me go back a little farther than that. Go back about the 21st verse, while you're looking.
Submit yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
"Submit yourself..." Congregation, submit yourself to your pastor. Pastor, submit yourself to your congregation. If a little clique rises up, don't be on either side; submit yourself to the whole congregation. Congregation, if you start in a clique, submit yourself to your pastor in the fear of God. See? Oh, brother. Um.


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