Exodus 25:8-9
(8) And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
(9) According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Hebrews 8:5
(5) Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
A pattern is an original design concept that is used by others to duplicate the original. In the case of God, He has created patterns in dealing with mankind and is the ORIGIN of these patterns. When man does not follow the pattern of God, he fails to live up to the original purpose that God intended for man to have. The mercy of God has revealed the pattern of Salvation to mankind, beginning with Noah, Abraham, and then unto Moses and the nation of Israel. The Bible instructs us that we have been giving ensamples through the pattern of God dealing with Israel. (1 Corinthians 10:1) Paul tells us that he does not want us to be ignorant, and then explains that Israel was born of the water and of the Spirit
"how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;"
This indeed is a pattern that requires study, because absolutely was written to us through the Apostles, but was also taught to them and us in the Gospel when Jesus taught Nicodemus about being born again:
John 3:5 "... Unless a man is born of the water and of the Spirit HE CANNOT ENTER into the kingdom of God..."
I believe that the pattern of Blood, Water, and Spirit (1 John 5:8) are throughout the Old and New Testament.
In Creation
Genesis 1:2-3
(2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
(3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
The first chapter of the Bible speaks of water and Spirit, notice this is the same pattern of John 3, in verse 5 Jesus speaks of the birth of water and Spirit, and then later in the chapter speaks of the light (v 19,20,21)
Jesus taught that condemnation comes from someone who rejects the light because they love their evil deeds. v19
That means that coming to the light IS ONLY POSSIBLE through the pattern of Blood, Water, Spirit. Without this, there will be no coming of the light.
The Testimony of Noah
BLOOD
Genesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto
Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with
violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark
of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it
within and without with pitch.
WATER
1 Peter 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in
the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight
souls were saved by water.
Not only does Peter tell us that Noah was saved by water, but the Apostle himself
compares that water to baptism of the New Testament.
Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. (The Spirit spake to Noah)
BLOOD
Exodus 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I
see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be
upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
SPIRIT
Exodus 21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to
go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire
by night, from before the people.
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our
fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
The Gospel of Jesus Christ (Blood, Water,
and Spirit)
1 Corinthians 15:1
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you,
which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
BLOOD
3 ForI delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;WATER
4 And that he was buried …
SPIRIT
…and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures: The Acts of the Apostles (Obedience to the
Gospel)
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures,46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day:
47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
(Matthew 16:19) for His declaration of His God given revelation of the One God
in Jesus Christ. In obedience to John 3:5, Peter preaches water and Spirit
and unlocks the entrance to the kingdom of God to (Acts 1:8) in Jerusalem and
in all Judea (Acts 2), Samaria (Acts 8), and to the uttermost parts of the
world (Acts 10).
Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Progressive Revelation of Salvation in the Bible:
Example 1 John 5:8 | BLOOD | WATER | SPIRIT |
Noah | Pitch | Flood | God spoke to Him |
Exodus of Israel | Doorpost | Red Sea | Pillar of Fire/Cloud |
Tabernacle | Brazen Altar | Brazen Laver | Holy of Hollies |
The Gospel | Death | Burial | Resurrection |
Acts 2:38 (Obeying) | Repentance | Baptism In Jesus Name | Holy Ghost |
