Tabernacle...

[TexasOaks]

I have been reading the old testament this spring and justed wanted to put out some information regarding the tabernalce:

The tabernacle was a portable tent or sanctuary used by the Israelites as a place for worship during their early history. In the Old Testament, it is frequently called "œthe tent of meeting,"� indicating that it was the primary place of encounter between God and His people. The structure was built in accordance with God"™s instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai during the people"™s years of wandering in the wilderness (Ex. 26; 35). With the people contributing materials and labor, the tabernacle was completed to God"™s specifications. God blessed their handiwork by covering the tent with a cloud and filling the sanctuary with His glory (40:34).

The outer courtyard of the tabernacle was a fenced rectangle about 150 feet long by 75 feet wide (27:9"“19). The courtyard contained a bronze altar for animal sacrifices (27:1"“8) and a laver where the priests washed before entering the tent (30:17"“21).
[/align]The tabernacle itself, measuring 15 by 45 feet had two main sections: the outer room known as the holy place, and the inner room called the Holy of Holies, or Most Holy Place (26:33).
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[/align]The outer room contained an altar where an incense offering was burned (30:1"“10); the seven-branched gold candlestick (25:31"“40); and a table for showbread, signifying God"™s presence (25:23"“30).
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[/align]The inner room, or Holy of Holies, was separated from the outer area by a veil, or curtain (26:31"“37). This sacred part of the tabernacle was entered only once a year by the high priest on the Day of Atonement. In a special ceremony on this day, he made atonement for his own sins and then offered sacrifice to atone for the sins of the people. This most sacred enclosure had only one item of furniture, the ark of the covenant.
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[/align]The lid of the ark was called the mercy seat. Upon it were two gold cherubim that faced each other. The ark contained the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments (Deut. 10:4, 5), a gold pot filled with manna (Ex. 16:33, 34), and Aaron"™s rod that budded (Num. 17:10).
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[/align]During the years when the people of Israel were wandering in the wilderness, the tabernacle was moved with them from place to place (Ex. 40:36"“38). When the Israelites pitched camp in the wilderness, the tabernacle was to be placed in the center, with the Levites, who were charged with its care (Num. 4), camping next to it (Num. 1:53). Then the tribes were to be arrayed in specific order on the four sides of the tabernacle (Num. 2). This shows what an important role the tabernacle played in the religious life of God"™s people.
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[/align]After the conquest of Canaan, the tabernacle was moved to Shiloh where it remained through the period of the judges (Josh. 18:1). Later the tabernacle was also stationed at Nob (1 Sam. 21:1"“6) and Gibeon (1 Kin. 3:4). When the temple was completed, Solomon had the tabernacle moved to Jerusalem (1 Kin. 8:4). Apparently there was no further need for the tabernacle after the completion of the temple, which became the permanent place of worship for the nation and the center of its religious life.
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[/align]The many references to the tabernacle in the New Testament should be understood in light of the incarnation, when God"™s Son became a human being. Because the tabernacle was the place where God and His people met, John declared that the Word had become flesh and "œtabernacled"� among us (John 1:14; the Greek word is translated "œdwelt"� in the New King James Version). Paul spoke of Christ as the "œpropitiation"� for sin in Romans 3:25. He used the same Greek word that referred to the mercy seat of the ark where the high priest made annual atonement. The laver where priests washed before serving in the tabernacle may be reflected in Titus 3:5.
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[/align]Revelation 8:3"“5 speaks of the golden incense altar. Practically every feature of the tabernacle is found in the epistle to the Hebrews, a book that describes Jesus as the great High Priest and the ultimate and eternal sacrifice for our sins.
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Thomas Nelson Publishers: Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps & Charts : Old and New Testaments. Rev. and updated ed. Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, 1996
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[TexasOaks]

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[TexasOaks]

Furniture of Tabernalce:

[mudhead1s wife]

Wow that is some neat stuff I guess I didn't go back far enough when I was trying to catch up on what I missed. Thanks for the post!

[MOTOWNHONKEY]

Good post. I just finished up the fist six books in the old testement in my endevour to read the bible thru.

[Snooky]

Just one entrance-Jesus is the door. No man cometh to the Father but by him.
The furnishings formed a cross with their layout pattern.
The first encounter was one of death, the altar.
The second encounter was a washing, remission of contaminates.
All could come to the outer court, only concretated ones passed the vail.
The only light beyond the vail was the candlestick. Only in thy light shall we see light.
The shewbread must be eaten in the light of the candlestick.
light must never be allowed to go out.
Oil must be prepared without the Tabernacle. Jesus suffered without the camp.
Oil must be replenished daily.
Inscense must be offered daily.
The source of fire for the alter of inscence was furnished from the altar of sacrifice.
The inscence odors saturated the clothes of the priest and where ever he went, all knew he had been offering sacrifice.
Not all Levites ministered beyond the vail.
Only the high priest entered the Holiest of all, and not without blood.
God met the priest above the mercy seat of the ark. Jesus now appeareth in Heaven for us.
Tabernacle built that God (hear O Israel, the Lord our God is One Lord) may dwell among them. God was in Christ dwelling among men.
Everything in the tabernacle was a type, or shadow of the true which was to come. Jesus opened the disciples understanding that they might understand all that was written in the law, and in the prophets, and in the psalms concerning him. He was the true light that now shineth.
in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge Col 2:3