(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 8: 1-4, “ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.”
When the Lord God began to create the heavens and the earth, He started with light. There was the formless void and everything was dark and the first thing that the Lord God brought into the chaos was light. Light is the first, essential ingredient in moving from chaos to perfection. Nothing would be possible without light, that is, other than chaos. It was essential that there be light in the darkness of the Tabernacle so that the priest could see what they were doing and perform the tasks to the high standard required by the Lord. When the Lord confirmed His ancient and binding contract with Abram, He appeared to Abram as a smoking furnace and the burning lamp. Thus we can see that both light and the source of light, the lamps are associated with the Lord. The Lord gave Moses the instructions for the candlestick when He first gave Moses instructions on how the make and erect the Tabernacle. The Lord told Moses to use seven lamps to show that the Lord’s ways are perfect and that He accepted the proper ceremonial processes. The Lord commanded and Moses did as the Lord commanded. If everything were done that way, in the light of the Lord’s wisdom, there really would be world peace.
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