King Day 9 Indestructible Reign: Digging Deeper

Mandy Farmer

January 8, 2026

Adoring,Faith,Forgiven,Heaven,Jesus,Victorious

Discover the original intent of Scripture. Make good application to our everyday lives.
Become equipped to correctly handle the Word of Truth!

Read His Words Before Ours!

Revelation 1:15 & Exodus 30:17-21

His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of cascading waters.

17 The Lord spoke to Moses: 18 “Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin. 20 Whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning a food offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die. 21 They must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this is to be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”

The Original Intent

1) Why would Jesus’ feet be as bronze instead of silver or gold? (Revelation 1:15)

Bronze is one of the strongest, most stable metals, representing strength and stamina. While some versions of Scripture use the word brass instead of bronze, both metals are very similar in makeup and have the highest strength of all metals. Their melting points (950 and 900 degrees Celsius) are so high they are unlikely to melt. The earliest adoption of bronze emerged around 3500 BC and lends its name to the Bronze Age (the time of Moses). Using brass was adopted about 500 BC, therefore, we can assume it was bronze that was originally used in the tabernacle. (World History Edu)

Jesus stood the test of fire to the Nth degree as He faced betrayal, unjust court rulings, whippings, and the worst kind of punishment: crucifixion. Through it all, He went willingly for you and me, taking on our sins, though He was guiltless.

If we look back into the Old Testament and the creation of the tabernacle, we find bronze being used in the sacrificial system. The bronze basin was one furnishing required by God in the outer courts of the tabernacle and temple. It stood between the temple and the altar, and it held water for washing. (Exodus 30:18)

Aaron and his sons (the priests) used the bronze basin to wash their hands and feet for purification before they approached the altar. If they were not pure, they would die in the presence of God. (Psalm 24:3-6)

The Everyday Application

1) Why would Jesus’ feet be as bronze instead of silver or gold? (Revelation 1:15)

Jesus’ bronze feet are significant because the bronze basin at the tabernacle/temple was the last object the priests encountered before entering God’s dwelling place. (Exodus 40:6-7) The priests needed to continually wash themselves before entering the presence of a Holy God, but, praise God, Jesus fulfilled all the law perfectly on our behalf! (Matthew 5:17)

We are just as unworthy as the priests were to enter the temple of the Lord, but the perfect blood of the Lamb washes us when we come to Him in faith! When Jesus died on the cross, we were cleansed for all time by the shedding of His blood. Jesus provided the purification we needed to enter the Holy of Holies. We are now chosen to be priests of God (1 Peter 2:9) and “we can approach the throne of grace with boldness!” (Hebrews 4:16) Praise the Lord!

The Original Intent

2) Where did the Israelites acquire bronze to make the basin? (Exodus 30:17-21)

Women who ministered at the temple donated their personal mirrors to the project. In those days, mirrors were made of hammered bronze. Commentator Morgan states, “It is in the beauty of holiness men must worship, and by the surrender of everything of the flesh.” (Enduring Word Bible Commentary)

The women not only sacrificed a treasured possession, but gave up the ability to look at themselves in a mirror. They were perhaps no longer concerned about their own looks, or, at minimum, were reminded each day that true beauty was defined by holiness.

The Everyday Application

2) Where did the Israelites acquire bronze to make the basin? (Exodus 30:17-21)

The New Testament perspective of the mirrors would say that believers are washed from sin by the Word (Ephesians 5:25-27) and the Word of God is like a mirror (James 1:22-25).

As we read the Word of God, we see a reflection of what God desires and, hopefully, we see the areas we need to work on if we are surrendering to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. This “mirror” shows us how much Jesus is being reflected in our everyday lives.

Have we surrendered our need for personal beauty to the Lord? Are we desiring outward beauty or inward beauty? You might ask, how am I being transformed into the likeness of Jesus? The answer is only by the Holy Spirit’s transforming work. We must surrender our whole lives to God.

Paul explains that when we look at ourselves, we don’t see the full picture. We must look deeper, not into our imperfect selves, but into the God of creation. We must behold His beauty. Transformation comes by the work of the Holy Spirit in and through us. When we surrender our entire lives to God, transformation is the amazing result. The more we know God and study His Word, the more our minds are renewed and restored to God’s original plan. (Romans 12:1-2)

The Original Intent

3) Are believers also “fired in a furnace”? (Revelation 1:15)

God does not test us to find out if our faith is strong; He tests us to show us how strong we can be through Him. A goldsmith tests gold in a fire to remove the impurities and create something pure and perfect. God tests us with fire because fire removes the impurities in our hearts, making us holy and ready to be used by Him. Fiery challenges are the ONLY way we become useful to the Father.

Consider, though, that God does not throw us in the fire and leave us to burn up. He stands near, watching as the fire does its work. Just as a metalworker knows when to pull the metal from the fire, God knows just when to pull us from the fire. (Psalm 66:10-12)

Job had it right when he stated, “Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.” (Job 23:10) Job knew he needed this testing to stand before God without stain or wrinkle. He trusted God to bring him out of the fire at just the right time. Job trusted that God was making him pure and ready to stand before Him. He would one day see God and not perish.

^“But I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the end he will stand on the dust.
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh.
I will see him myself; my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger.
My heart longs within me.” (Job 19:25-27)

The Everyday Application

3) Are believers also “fired in a furnace”? (Revelation 1:15)

We now live in the Covenant of Grace after Jesus’ sacrificial atonement for us on the cross, and we know we can approach the Throne of God with bold confidence. We are forgiven through the shed blood of Jesus as He paid our sin debt, and His Spirit is working in us daily to purify us through the fires of tribulations. These fires burn away all the chaff of sin in our lives and transform us into the likeness of Christ.

The Apostle Peter reminds us of this living hope, “We are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. You rejoice in this, even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trialsso that the proven character of your faith—more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:5-7)

This is why James tells us to “Consider it all joy, whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the test of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.” (James 1:2-4)

Paul even says we can boast in our afflictions! (Romans 5:3-5) Yes, we can be proud that God is testing us because through the testing, we anchor steadfastly in hope! Paul knew what he was talking about. He had been through many fires of affliction, but God never left him alone to die. It produced so much character and hope within him. Wow!

I want that kind of faith. Don’t you?
So, I say, “Bring it on, Lord! Test me, try me, and make me pure.”