The Offering Materials as the Four Kingdoms and the Messiah

Another interpretation: "And this is the offering." Gold corresponds to the kingdom of Babylon, of which it is written, "You are the head of gold" (Daniel 2:38). And silver, this is the kingdom of Media, of which it is written, "and ten thousand talents of silver" (Esther 3:9). And bronze, this is the kingdom of Greece, which was baser than all of them. And rams' skins dyed red, this is the fourth kingdom, as it is said, "And the first came out ruddy" (Genesis 25:25). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Although you see these four kingdoms rising up in pride and coming against you, by your lives, I will cause salvation to sprout for you out of the midst of the servitude. What is written afterward? "Oil for the light" (Exodus 25:6), this is the King Messiah, as it is said, "There I will make a horn sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed" (Psalms 132:17), and it says, "Arise, shine, for your light has come" (Isaiah 60:1). "And this is the offering." This teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, showed Moses three offerings: one of the Tabernacle, one of the First Temple, and one of the Second Temple, as it is said, "gold and silver and bronze." Gold corresponds to the Tabernacle that Moses made, which was as beloved to the Holy One, blessed be He, as gold. And silver, this is the First Temple that Solomon built, of which it is written, "silver was not counted as anything in the days of Solomon" (1 Kings 10:21). Bronze, this is the Second Temple, which lacked five things: the ark, the cover, and the cherubim, fire, and the Holy Spirit.