Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Psalm 19:9-10 The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold.
THE VALUE OF GOLD
Gold is valuable for many reasons beyond its beauty and the malleability which makes it so useful for jewelry. Gold is able to easily create alloys with countless other metals. It is a wonderful conductor of electricity and heat, Unlike many other metals, gold will not be affected by moisture, air or the almost all corrosive agents.
Unsurprisingly, gold is often used in the construction of computers and organs and other sophisticated electrical instruments. Few things are better for the contact points on electrical switches. God also used gold to "get a message across" in Old Testament times-- in the worship place He designed the Temple.
+ Gold covered the lampstands which portrayed the Christ to come as the Light of the world.
+ Gold covered the table on which loaves of bread were displayed daily, symbolizing the Savior promised as the Bread of Life.
+ The Altar of Incense, which pictured the continual rising of prayer from the hearts of those who trust in God's promises, was also covered in gold.
+ Most importantly, the central message of this worship center, as portrayed in the Ark of the Covenant, was a message conveyed in gold.
The Ark was a golden box, its lid a specially designed cover of beaten gold. On that lid two golden angels knelt, their gold wingtips touching above its midpoint: the Mercyseat of God.
Here the blood of bulls and goats was sprinkled on the Great Day of Atonement. This pictured in prophesy that Great Day when Jesus, the Lamb of God, would offer Himself in bloody Sacrifice to make atonement for the sins of all the people of the world.
When gold conveys this message, its value far exceeds any price named on a securities exchange.
