Jesus the Perfect Tabernacle
Psalm 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
The writer is making reference to the tabernacle of Moses. In our search for God, the Tabernacle has a treasure trove of information, symbolism and teachings for us.
Once a year a high priest entered the Holy of Holies to offer an offering before God asking for forgiveness for the sins of the people.
TODAY OUR HIGH PRIEST, JESUS, ALREADY OFFERED THE PERFECT SACRIFICE.
BY HIS BLOOD WE CAN ENTER WITH THANKSGIVING UNTIL WE ARRIVE TO THE HOLY PLACE.
Now every day we can enter the most holy place, through the blood of Jesus.
Let's go then, with Thanksgiving!
THE TABERNACLE
Old Testament:
Place where God lives in the midst of his People.
Exodus 25:8-9
8 “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.
9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
New Testament:
Jesus is God made flesh who lives among his people.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The High Priest.
Old Testament:
The high priest offers sacrifices and offerings for sins in the Holy place.
Leviticus 16:30
because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the LORD, you will be clean from all your sins.
New Testament:
Jesus is our High Priest in the true tabernacle, made by God and not by men.
Hebrews 9:11
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,[a] he went through the greater and more perfect tabernaclethat is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.
The sacrifice
Old Testament:
Every year the High Priest offered a blood sacrifice for the sins of the people.
Exodus 30:10
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering[a] for the generations to come. It is most holy to the LORD.”
New Testament:
Jesus sacrificed himself for our sins once and for all.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
The Ark
Old Testament:
Place where decency the presence of God.
Exodus 25:22
There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
New Testament:
Jesus lives among us.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Ark was built with acacia wood exodus 25:10, this represents the human nature of Jesus.
Philippians 2:6-7
6 Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
It was covered with Gold inside and out Exodus 25:11, this represents the divine nature of Jesus.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Content of the Ark.
Old Testament:
The Law given by God.
Exodus 20
And God spoke all these words:
2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me……
New Testament:
Jesus claimed to have come to fulfill the Law.
Matthew 5:17
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE
Old testament:
The mana given by God as food in the desert.
Exodus 16:14
When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor.
New Testament:
Jesus said to be the Bread of life.
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”