The Staves of the Table of Show Bread Were Connected with the Border (Chapter 25: 27); for the Guarding of Communion Is Especially Important in Connection with Our Wilderness State. the Staves of the Golden Altar Are Connected with the Golden Crown; for It Is a Glorified Christ Through Whom We Worship. the Staves of the Brazen Altar Are Connected with the Grate of Brass; for It Is a Suffering Savior Who Laid the Foundations of Our Constant Communion with God: THE DIVINE PATTERN

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it, ver. 8.) “Hollow with boards.” Jesus, though mighty to suffer, and almighty to save, was the empty and dependent one. “He was crucified through weakness.”
“As it was showed thee in the mount.” How different is the appearance of Calvary, and of him that suffered there, when seen on earth’s low level, and with human thoughts and feelings, to what it is —when looked at in the light of God, as God himself reveals the marvelous scene! In spirit, raised above surrounding things, and upon the mount with God, looking down on Calvary’s Cross! Thus are we to form our conceptions of it; thus shall we learn its mysteries and its uses, its value and its power; and thus shall our souls experience the blessing which God has provided: And communion with God on the ground of sacrifice must be according to God’s order and thoughts, and not according to the plans and opinions of men.
T. N.
(The Court of the Tabernacle in the Number for August.)