A Biblical Vision, Part I: Mastering the Old Testament Witness to Christ

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A B i b l i ca l Vi s i on, Par t I : Mas ter i ng the Ol d Tes tament Wi tnes s to Chr i s t

a. No physical place can actually be the dwelling place of God; Solomon’s Temple was a larger replica of the same structure and truths.

b. God dwells with us in various ways.

(1) He dwells in heaven in the midst of his holy angels and ministering spirits.

(2) He dwells in the people of God through the Holy Spirit, Eph. 2.19-22 – So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, [20] built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, [21] in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. [22] In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

(3) He indwells in the person of the Holy Spirit each individual believer, Eph.1.13.

(4) The Tabernacle looks forward to the final dwelling place of the Lord with humankind, the New Jerusalem, Heb.11.16; 12.22 cf. Rev. 21-22.

c. Various names were given to the Tabernacle:

(1) Tent, Exod. 39.32,33, 40

(2) The Sanctuary, Exod. 25.8

(3) Tabernacle, Lev. 1.1

(4) Tabernacle of the Congregation, Exod. 27.21; Num. 1.1; Deut. 31.14

(5) Tabernacle of the Lord, 1 Kings 2.28