14.

If we continue on a straight line, the next piece of furniture is the

brass laver filled with

water. On a map of America, the laver would

rest over the area where the Mississippi River flows. The mighty

barges with shipping material provide irrigation for thousands of

farmers. The main substance of the laver was WATER and America’s

waterway is situ

ated in the same area, as the laver would be if the

design of the tabernacle were overlaid on our map.

15.

The next piece of furniture is the golden candlestick called the

menorah. The main substance is OIL. Looking west from east it

would be on your left or “

SOUTH” and correspond to the Texas and

Oklahoma area of the country! These are America’s two major oil

-

producing states. The oil in the menorah was used to light the seven

branches of the candlestick. The oil from Texas and Oklahoma is

used to produce ener

gy.

16.

Looking north, we see the table of shewbread where bread made

from Israeli

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grown wheat was placed. The showbread would sit

basically on the states of Kansas and Nebraska and the Dakotas

–

known as “the breadbasket” of America!

17.

Continuing westward we se

e the golden altar made of hot coals of

fire and the incense. The incense used in Moses’ time was red and

contained eleven different types of spices. Some of the incense of

the ancient Temple was discovered in Qumran, Israel. It incense had

a deep red colo

r and contained ten of the 11 spices of the Temple

incense. The state of Colorado was named after the Colorado River.

Spanish explorers named the river Colorado because it means

“reddish colored.” Hot coals had to be used on the altar to burn the

incense,

and Colorado, was known for its coal deposits.

18.

Continuing past the altar of incense we see the veil, which would sit

on America’s continental divide! The continental divide is an

imaginary line that marks the highest regions in the country.

19.

The Holy of Ho

lies is the most important areas of the tabernacle and

was made of pure gold. It sits in the area of California, Oregon and

Washington

–

three states known for one thing

–

GOLD!

20.

America was founded to be a light to the nations for the gospel and a

protecto

r of Israel!