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Feasts of the LORD Linkup - Tabernacles 2015

9/21/2015

Studying the Tabernacle is one of the most fascinating studies I've ever done. It seems like there is always so much more to learn!

I made my public profession of faith when I was 11 years old at Tabernacle Baptist church in Clinton OK. (I had already asked Jesus into my heart at about 5 years old.) I remember Pastor Paul (Ironic?) teaching about the Tabernacle. I was fascinated. I still am. Our very first homeschool project was building a small replica of the Tabernacle. (I used KONOS curriculum at the time.) The girls were only 3 & 4 at the time, so they don't remember, but it was so much fun. I had them color angels on the "curtains" and we used toothpicks for poles. I harvested various bottle caps to paint gold for the vessels. We should do it again!

Whether you celebrate the feasts of not, I encourage you to do a study of the Tabernacle, especially the prophetic significance. The hit-&-run, read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year 'thing' can't give you the fullness and depth of a true STUDY. So many resources are available now on the internet. (Do be careful though, some of them are hookie... off-the-wall, rubbish, hog-wash...)

Here are some points I find particularly fascinating about the Tabernacle:

It was separate from the rest of Israel's tents. "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you." 2 Corinthians 6:17

It was laid out in the shape of a cross:

The alter at the feet: "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." Psalm 55:22
The laver to wash: "Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood," Revelation 1:5b
Candlestick on the left: "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8:12
Table of shewbread on the right: "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." John 6:35
The Alter of Incense: "And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand." Revelation 8:4
The Arc of the Covenant with the Mercy Seat: "And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel." Exodus 25:22

The Feast of Tabernacles is symbolic:

The Israelites were looking forward to the Messiah coming to dwell among them. Jesus came to this earth for a short time. "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:14
This feast is also a reminder that this world is not our home. It's temporary. We will one day live with HIM. "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14:2-3

For my complete (& growing) playlist on the Tabernacle, click HERE.

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