The tabernacle Bible study has brought us to the golden lampstand.
The lampstand is the only source of illumination in the tabernacle.
Exodus 25:31-40 gives the instructions for making the lampstand.
It was to be pounded out from one piece of pure gold. The design included a main stem with six branches going out from the two sides of the main stand.
It was probably the first menorah. There were a total of seven lamps on the stand. Can you imagine what it must have looked like to see the illumination of the golden lampstand against the gold walls and the white linen drapes overhead with the blue, purple and scarlet cherubim embroidered on them.
It must have been breathtaking!!
The lampstands were not candle holders, I found this so beautiful...Beth Moore
said, "One major difference exists between the way a candle burns and the way a lamp burns; a candle burns by consuming itself, while a lamp burns by consuming a continuous supply of oil from another source. The seven lamps on the one golden lampstand were fueled by oil (pure olive oil).
In Leviticus 24:2 & 4- we are told that the Israelites were to bring the oil and the lampstands were to burn continuously.

Beth Moore uses this analogy to drive home a very significant point.
"We are the heavenly lampstands of this age to show Jesus to a dark world. He is no less present when we hide our lamp, but when we do this, we make it harder for those walking in darkness to see. Christ was the Olive Tree pressed to make available the pure oil of the Holy Spirit to fuel our lamps continually."

"When we receive Christ as our personal Savior; the fuel of the Holy Spirit sparks the life of Christ in our hearts. Although that light can never be extinguished, the brightness of our flame entirely depends on how much oil (the Holy Spirit) we allow Christ to pour on us. " If we die daily and ask for the filling of the Holy Spirit and the light in our lives that others can see, we will light the way to Christ for those who are lost without him.

"The Holy Spirit came to fuel us perpetually. If we do not burn with a passionate flame, it is because we have limited God, who prepared us for victory. Paul warns us: "Do not put out the Spirit's fire." (I Thes. 5:19)
Matthew 5:16 speaks of this light so beautifully when it says "Let your light so shine among men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

Let your light shine today; before the men and women that you have an influence on. Let them see the light of your Lord in you so that He may be glorified always!!