What does the laver washing of hands and feet in the tabernacle point forward to?
The laver washing of hands and feet in the tabernacle points forward to Jesus washing the disciples' feet and the believer's daily cleansing. Though salvation is complete, believers still need ongoing cleansing from the defilement of this sin-filled world, pictured by foot washing and fulfilled through the cleansing of the Word.
Les explains that the tabernacle laver and the priest's washing of hands and feet foreshadow Jesus washing the disciples' feet in John's Gospel. When Peter objected, Jesus told him that unless He washed him, Peter had no part with Him; Peter then asked for a full bath, and Jesus replied that the eleven were already washed and had salvation, but still needed their feet cleansed because they walked in a sin-filled earth. Les connects this to Ephesians, where Paul speaks of daily cleansing not by water or washcloth but by the Word. Believers are forgiven, yet because they remain in a defiling world, they need constant daily cleansing.
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
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