In Exodus 26-27 we find Moses passing on GOD'S commandments about how to make, and how to use, the items used in the tabernacle.
In Exodus 27:20 He is giving the commandments for "The care of the Lampstand."
"And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring to you PURE OIL of Pressed olives for the light to burn Continually." ("JESUS is the Same yesterday, today, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8).
From the Footnote under Exodus 27:20: "The oil to be burned in the lamp was symbolic of the Holy Spirit. BEATEN olive oil, which was the Best, was used in the tabernacle. To obtain the oil, olives were gently pounded in a bowl and the oil was extracted from the pulp."
I recall reading in a study about olives...that "..harvesting the olives was accomplished by using poles to beat the limbs of the olive trees... this caused the olives to fall to the ground,"
JESUS' limbs (arms, legs) head, and body were BEATEN: ("they struck HIM on the head...and they spat on HIM") (Mark 15:19). "Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, delivered JESUS to them, after he had scourged HIM,..to be crucified." (Mark 15:15).
JESUS was Beaten/Whipped--- Footnote for Matthew:27:26--- "A victim to be scourged was stripped and tied to a whipping post. Then he was beaten mercilessly with a whip consisting of several leather thongs, each loaded with jagged pieces of metal or bone and weighted at the end with lead. Fragments of flesh would be torn from the victims, some of whom did not survive the ordeal."
(JESUS)- "A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, HE was wounded for OUR transgressions, HE was crushed for OUR iniquities ...the Chastisement NECESSARY for OUR peace was upon HIM, and by HIS stripes We are healed." (Isaiah 53:3-5).
The place where JESUS was betrayed, and arrested---was named the Garden of Gethsemane. "Gethsemane" means "OLIVE PRESS"--- a place where the oil was pressed out of the olives by CRUSHING the olives.
IN (JOHN 8:12) JESUS declares: "I AM THE LIGHT..."
"For GOD WHO said, 'let light shine out of darkness' (Genesis 1:3-4) HE has shone in our hearts so as (to beam forth) the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the MAJESTY and GLORY of GOD (as it is manifest in the PERSON and is revealed) in the FACE of JESUS CHRIST, the MESSIAH." (2 Corinthians 4:6/Amplified Bible).
So, what is to be our (Ongoing) response to this HIS WORD?
Let us confess our sins quickly, ask GOD for forgiveness, and repent...so that HIS PURE LIGHT shines through us.
JESUS says: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and GLORIFY your FATHER IN HEAVEN>" (Matthew 5:16).
AMEN.
