The general authority for the types of Exodus is found:

(1) as to the persons and events, in 1Cor 10:1-11.

(2) as to the tabernacle, in Heb 9:1-24. Having the assurance that in the tabernacle everything is typical, the details must of necessity be received as such. Two warnings are necessary:

(1) Nothing may be dogmatically asserted to be a type without explicit New Testament authority; and

(2) all types not Song authenticated must be recognized as having the authority of analogy, or spiritual congruity, merely. The typical meanings of the materials and colours of the tabernacle are believed to be as follows: Gold, Deity in manifestation--divine glory; silver, redemption Ex 30:12-16. See Scofield Note: "Ex 38:27", brass, symbol of judgment, as in the brazen altar and in the serpent of brass Num 21:6-9 blue, heavenly in nature or origin; purple, royalty; scarlet, sacrifice.

See Scofield Note: "2Cor 8:1".

i.e. acacia.

The tabernacle, speaking comprehensively, is explained in the N.T. as typical in three ways:

(1) of the Church as a habitation of God through the Spirit Ex 25:8 Eph 2:19-22

(2) of the believer 2Cor 6:16

(3) as a figure of things in the heavens Heb 9:23,24. In detail, all speaks of Christ:

(1) The ark, in its materials, acacia-wood See Scofield Note: "Ex 26:15" and gold, is a type of the humanity and deity of Christ.

(2) In its contents, a type of Christ, as:

(a) having God's law in His heart Ex 25:16.

(b) the wilderness food (or portion) of His people Ex 16:33

(c) Himself the resurrection, of which Aaron;s rod is the symbol Num 17:10.

(3) In its use the ark, especially the mercy-seat, was a type of God's throne. That it was, to the sinning Israelite, a throne of grace and not of judgment was due to the mercy-seat formed of gold and sprinkled with the blood of atonement, which vindicated the law, and divine holiness guarded by the cherubim Gen 3:24

See Scofield Note: "Ezek 1:5" See PROPITIATION, See Scofield Note: "Rom 3:25"

[1] make an ark

All begins with the ark, which, in the completed tabernacle, was placed in the holy of holies, because, in revelation, God begins from Himself, working outward toward man; as, in approach, the worshipper begins from himself, moving toward God in the holy of holies. The same order is followed in the Levitical offerings (Le 1.-5.). In approach man begins at the brazen altar, type of the Cross, where, in the fire of judgment, atonement is made.

Margin make an ark The most inclusive type of Christ, Gold = Deity; wood = humanity. History:

Num 3:31 10:33 Josh 3:3-15 6:11 Jud 20:27 1Sam 3:3 4:1-11 5:1-10 6:1-21 1Sam 7:1,2 2Sam 6:2-17 7:2 15:24-29 1Ki 8:1-21 not carried to Babylon, 2Ki 24:13 2Chr 35:3, not mentioned in Ezra or Neh. Where is it? Rev 11:19

Margin shittim wood

i.e. acacia.

See "Propitiation." See Scofield Note: "Rom 3:25".

i.e. acacia.

i.e. acacia.

Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian's life as a believer-priest 1Pet 2:9 Rev 1:6. In Jn 6:33-58 our Lord has more in mind the manna, that food which "came down"; but all typical meanings of "bread" are there gathered into His words. The manna is the life-giving Christ; the showbread, the life-sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the "corn of wheat" Jn 12:24 ground in the mill of suffering Jn 12:27 and brought into the fire of judgment Jn 12:31-33. We, as priests, by faith feed upon Him as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. It is meditation upon Christ, as in Heb 12:2,3.

Candlestick, type of Christ our Light, shining in the fullness of the power of the sevenfold Spirit Isa 11:2 Heb 1:9 Rev 1:4. Natural light was excluded from the tabernacle. (Cf) 1Cor 2:14,15.

See Scofield Note: "Gen 1:16" Jn 1:4.