Christ and the Tabernacle

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Christ and the Tabernacle
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THE TABERNACLE

• Tabernacle
• Defined
• - tent, place of dwelling or sanctuary
• - a sacred place where God chose to meet with
  His people

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THE SEPARATION FROM GODS PRESENCE

• GARDEN OF EDEN
• God created the garden and man served God in it.
• God met with man in the cool of the day.
  Probably in the evening since cool means
  wind and in the East the wind generally rises
  in the evening
• Adam and Eve hid from God (because of the guilt
  and shame of their sin) and God sought them out.
• It is God that has initiated the search for lost
  mankind attempting to reconcile man to God and
  reestablish unbroken relationship between us.

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TOWER OF BABEL

• Mans attempt to come into the presence of God
  mans own way
• Made of brick for stone and slime for mortar
  no mention of any precious metals or anything
  about the structure of it except that it was a
  tower.
• Intent was to make us a name so that they
  would not be scattered abroad (man was supposed
  to replenish the whole earth and subdue and
  exercise dominion over it)
• Because of the unique power of the tongue and
  mans misuse of this power by his wicked
  imagination man would have contaminated the
  whole earth.

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THE TABERNACLE

• Psalms 1271a.
• Except the Lord build the house, they labor
  in vain that build it

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THE TABERNACLE

• The Wilderness Tabernacle
• Design of the Tabernacle proper given to Moses
  by God.
• Exodus 25 thru Exodus 27
• The Tabernacle design included not only the
  building but also
• - its furnishings
• - its attendants (priesthood)
• - the attendants apparel
• - the pattern of service of the attendants
• - the identity and purpose of feast days

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Exodus 1511-13 Who among the gods is like you,
O LORD? Who is like you majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory, working wonders? In your
unfailing love you will lead the people you have
redeemed.
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The Tabernacle
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The Tabernacle
Heb. 9 2 There were two rooms in that
Tabernacle. In the first room were a lampstand,
a table, and sacred loaves of bread on the table.
This room was called the Holy Place. 3 Then
there was a curtain veil, and behind the
curtain was the second room called the Most Holy
Place.
The Most HolyPlace
The Veil
The HolyPlace
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Prayer
Holy Spirit
Gods Word
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The Tabernacle with Gods Shekhina glory
Picture with permission of the Temple Institute,
Jerusalem The Tabernacle or Mishkan means tent
of meeting. It represents the Shekhina or
indwelling presence of God. Gods glory filled
the tabernacle. A cloud covered it by day and a
fire by night. (Exodus 4034, 38 Numbers 915)
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Camp of Israel
Levites
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Numbers 24  1 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased
the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to
sorcery as at other times, but turned his face
toward the desert. 2 When Balaam looked out and
saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of
God came upon him 3 and he uttered his oracle
?       "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
?       the oracle of one whose eye sees
clearly,  4 the oracle of one who hears
the words of God, ?       who sees a vision from
the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and
whose eyes are opened 5 How beautiful are your
tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel!
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W Moses Tabernacle S N E
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It is Gods Intention to save a people unto
Himself

• Exodus 14 demonstrates the redeemed being
  saved from the power of slavery through the
  Red Sea. What was the goal or point of
  redemption? - to bring the people into the land
  of milk and honey? - or to bring His people unto
  himself ?

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The goal of redemption was for God to dwell among
His people!

• Exodus 258-9 And let them make me a sanctuary
  that I may dwell among them. According to all
  that I shew thee, after the pattern of the
  tabernacle, and the pattern of all the
  instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

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The journey from outside the tabernacle into the
Holy of Holies is a journey where Christ, our
perfect High Priest, leads each step of the way.

• The Bronze Altar is a type of Christ our
  Substitute and Sacrifice.
• The Laver is a type of Christ our cleansing and
  regeneration.
• The Candlestick is a type of Christ the Light of
  the World.
• The Table of Shewbread is a type of Christ the
  Bread of Life.
• The Incense Altar is a type of Christ our
  Intercessor and Advocate.
• The Mercy Seat (Ark Cover) is a type of Christ
  our Propitiation.

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Process represented by the Elements

• The Brass Altar
• The Brass Laver
• The Golden Table
• The Golden Lampstand
• The Golden Altar

• Blood - Redemption
• Water - Sanctification
• Bread - The Word
• The Oil - Ministry of the Holy Spirit
• Incense Prayer/Worship

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• The court fence was the outer border of the
  Tabernacle site. It consisted of the following
• Linen curtains (probably white) (Exodus
  279-18)
• Pillars, sockets, hooks, and fillets (tops
  and rods) (Exodus 2710-18)
• Pins of bronze (brass) (Ex. 2719 3820)

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Wooden Posts Copper Sockets
Gold Posts Silver Sockets
Gold Posts Copper Sockets
White Curtain
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POSTS THROUGHOUT TABERNACLE
MOST HOLY
COURT
HOLY
Wood
Gold
Gold
Copper
Copper
Silver
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Entrance
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• The gate separated people from the magnificent
  and holy God.
• God could only be approached with repentance
  and sacrifice when the people came inside the
  gate. (Psalm 151, 2)

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• Jesus referred to himself as the gate (door).
  Anyone who enters through Jesus will receive
  eternal life. (John 109)

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Burnt Offering Altar

• Sacrifices
• Fire never went out
• Fire for altar of incense

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The measurements of the bronze altar

• 7.5 ft long
• 7.5 ft wide
• 4.5 ft high

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• The bronze altar was made of (acacia) wood.
• The altar was square and covered with bronze
  (brass).
• The four corners of the altar had horns
  overlaid with bronze.

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• Burnt offering (bull, sheep, goats without
  blemish, or birds) (Leviticus 11-17)
• Grain offering (Leviticus 21-16)
• Peace offering (goat or lamb) (Lev. 31-17)
• Sin offering (bull, goat, or lamb) (Lev.
  41-35)
• Trespass offering (female of the flock, lamb,
  goat kid, bird or grain) (Lev. 5 6)

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• A proper sacrifice was an animal that was
  valuable and perfect, not flawed.
• Sin was serious. Only shed blood which stands
  for life, could pay for sin.
• By laying his hand on it, the person
  identified with the animal sacrificed.

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Laver

• Polish Brass
• Cleansing
• Reflective

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• Priests bathed their entire body when they
  were ordained. (Exodus 294)
• Following ordination, the priests had to wash
  their hands and feet every time they entered the
  Tabernacle or approached the bronze altar to
  minister, or they would die. (Exodus 3019-21)

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Eph 525-26 Husbands, love your wives, just as
Christ also loved the church and gave Himself
for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her
with the washing of water by the word, NKJV
Aaron had to be washed in order fitly to
represent the purity of the antitype, Jesus, who
knew no sin.
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Tent of Meeting

• 7 pieces of furniture
• 3 courts of worship

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Coverings

• Curtains of fine linen
• Goat hair
• Rams skins dyed red
• Badger skin

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• The actual tent that God would dwell in, was
  separated into two compartments, the Holy Place
  and the Most Holy Place. In the Most Holy Place
  was the Ark the Mercy Seat. The Glory cloud
  which represented the very presence of God
  hovered over the Mercy Seat and remained there
  whenever the Tabernacle stood still. What a
  comfort it was for His people to know God was so
  near. As He protected His people from the heat of
  the sun by day and provided a fire by night to
  assure them He was there.

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The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us...
Notice the word dwelt. The word in the original
Greek, skenoo, meaning to dwell, is connected to
the idea of living in a tent. The word tent in
Greek is skenos, and we are told that St. Paul
was a tentmaker by trade, a skenopoios. Some,
therefore, have translated the passage, ...and
tabernacled (or tented) among us. Now, in that
a tent or tabernacle is a temporary dwelling, the
word is used in our passage to denote the
temporariness of Christs earthly stay. But it is
doing more. John is, by the Holy Spirit, drawing
a connection between Christ and the Tabernacle of
the OT.
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Prayer
Holy Spirit
Gods Word
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The Two Chambers

• OT vs. NT

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Holy Place

• 3 stages of the almond plant
• Oil of the lamp rests on the fruit
• 7 branches
• One shaft
• 3 shoots on each side

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• The lampstand was made of one talent of pure
  hammered gold, one solid piece.
• It had a central shaft with six branches,
  three on each side, making it a seven-branched
  lampstand.
• Each branch had knobs, flowers, and an
  almond-shaped bowl to hold pure olive oil.

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• The priests duty was to trim the wicks and
  keep the lamps lit.
• The lampstand was designed to provide light
  for the Tabernacle.
• The lampstand was the first item seen upon
  entering the Tabernacle as a reminder to his
  people that God is light.

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• The Word of God is a light for believers. It
  guides them through life, and protects them
  from evil and darkness. (Psalm 119105)
• The Bible says that Jesus is Gods Word in
  human form. (John 11, 14)
• Jesus referred to himself as the light of the
  world and those who follow him will never
  walk in darkness (John 812 95 1246)

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Followers of Jesus are called to be lights in
dark places. Phil 215-16 In teaching the saints
and evangelizing the lost, through words and
actions, the light of Christ is projected from
believers.(Matthew 514-16)








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The 7 branched Lampstand Menorah
It was decorated with almond buds which mean
watch/ be ready

• Stood on the left (South).
• Hammered out of one piece of gold.
• The Hebrew word for watch sounds like the word
  for almond. (Jeremiah 111-12)

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Rev 120 the seven lampstands
which you saw are the seven churches. NKJV
Golden Candlestick
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Table of Shew Bread

• Gold plated
• 12 loaves
• New each week
• Old eaten by priest

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• 3 ft long
• 1.5 ft wide
• 2.25 ft. high

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Table of Shew-bread
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• On the table of showbread, the priests placed
  twelve loaves of bread (six loaves in two
  stacks) made from fine flour. (Leviticus 245-9)
• Wine was placed on the altar with the
  bread.
• These loaves represented the twelve tribes of
  Israel.

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• The Table with the loaves was a continual
  reminder of the everlasting covenant between
  God and the children of Israel.
• Fresh bread was placed there every Sabbath as
  a memorial of Gods provision for them.
• The bread was eaten by the priests.

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• All the furniture in the tabernacle on the way to
  God speaks of Christ because He is the only way
  to God. The spiritual level must be established
  when studying the tabernacle. To the ancient
  Israelites it was a means of approach to God, a
  pattern of heavenly things, and a shadow of
  coming things. The bread of life is offered to
  satisfy the hunger for life. The table is the
  basis of fellowship with God. A picture of our
  Lord as our basis of fellowship with God.

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• The table symbolizes fellowship. It shows a
  gesture of friendship, as inviting a friend to
  share a meal. The table in the tabernacle shows
  Gods desire for fellowship with us. Jesus was a
  friend of publicans and sinners because He sat
  and ate with them at the table. God wishes to
  satisfy our hunger. Gods salvation is likened to
  a banquet with the table spread for royalty.

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A Fellowship Meal

• The apostle John may have had this in mind as he
  penned, in 1st John 15-7. This then is the
  message which we have heard of him, and declare
  unto you, that God is light, and in him is no
  darkness at all. If we say that we have
  fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we
  lie, and do not the truth But if we walk in the
  light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship
  one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
  his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (KJV)

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Altar of Incense

• Gold
• Fire from bronze altar
• Incense taken off altar and placed in priests
  censer

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• The fire for the incense came from the Bronze
  Altar in the outer court.
• The Lord required a special sweet incense, a
  mixture of spices, used only for the Tabernacle
  (Exodus 3035-37), to be burned on the altar of
  incense.
• The priest was in danger of death if any
  other incense was burned. (Lev. 101-2)

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Incense Alter
Rev 83 Then another angel, having a golden
censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given
much incense, that he should offer it with the
prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar
which was before the throne. NKJV
Rev 58 golden bowls full of incense, which
are the prayers of the saints. NKJV
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• Jesus went away frequently to pray. (Matthew
  1423 Luke 516)
• Jesus taught his disciples how to pray.
  (Matthew 65-15)
• Believers in Jesus are told to pray
  constantly. (Acts 114 Romans 826)

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• Exod 2631-33 And thou shalt make a veil of blue,
  and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of
  cunning work with cherubims shall it be made
  And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of
  shittim wood overlaid with gold their hooks
  shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of
  silver. And thou shalt hang up the veil under the
  taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within
  the veil the ark of the testimony and the veil
  shall divide unto you between the holy place and
  the most holy. (KJV)

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• The veil was a divider between the Holy Place
  and the Most Holy Place.
• The veil was a barrier between God and man.
• Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the high
  priest would enter the Most Holy Place (Holy of
  Holies) through this veil. (Leviticus 2326-32)

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• When Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the
  Temple was torn from top to bottom. (Matthew
  2751)
• The torn veil symbolizes the ability of every
  believer, not just a high priest, to approach
  God through the death of Jesus.
• Because of Jesus, sin no longer separates
  believers from God.

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• Heb 1019-22 Having therefore, brethren, boldness
  to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
  By a new and living way, which he hath
  consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to
  say, his flesh And having an high priest over
  the house of God Let us draw near with a true
  heart in full assurance of faith, having our
  hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our
  bodies washed with pure water.
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• The Veil is the last entrance that the priest had
  to go through to enter before he was in the
  Presence of God. The last enemy of Gods people
  was death. Christ has burst through the portals
  of death removing its sting. How good to know
  when we depart this scene we shall enter through
  the Veil and be accepted before God in love.

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Holy of Holies

• Overlaid with gold
• Manna
• Aarons rod
• Stones with 10 Commandments
• Mercy Seat

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Tables of the Law
Aarons Rod
Golden Pot of Manna
Contents of the Ark of the Covenant
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Contents of the Ark

• Aarons Rod Acceptableness of the Royal
  Priesthood to Jehovah (Numbers 17)
• Golden Pot of Manna (incorruptible Ex 1632)
  Immortality of Christ the Church (Rev 217)
• Tables of the Law Christ met the full
  requirements of Gods perfect law.

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The Ark and all of its contents are covered by
Mercy!
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 Intercession1. Intercession strengthens the
believers in daily life as they face temptation.
How?

•  Heb 415-16 For we have not an high priest which
  cannot be touched with the feeling of our
  infirmities but was in all points tempted like
  as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come
  boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may
  obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of
  need.

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That which the Levitical priests did day by day,
year by year, exactly in the way prescribed by
God, foreshadowed that which Jesus would do
perfectly, by virtue of His perfect life and
righteousness, thus providing a perfect, eternal
way of entrance into the presence of God the
Father.
Thus it was necessary for the copies of the
heavenly things to be purified with these rites,
but the heavenly things themselves with better
sacrifices than these. (Hebrews 923)
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Jesus the Tabernacle

• Hebrews 911,12 But when Christ appeared as a
  high priest of the good things to come, He
  entered through the greater and more perfect
  tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say,
  not of this creation

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Heb 924-25 For Christ has not entered the
holy places made with hands, which are copies of
the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear
in the presence of God for us not that He should
offer Himself often, as the high priest enters
the Most Holy Place every year with blood of
another NKJV
This is, dare we say it.....?
.....Eschatological !!!
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• The whole point of the tabernacle system of
  worship was on the one hand to show Gods intent
  to have fellowship with his people, while on the
  other hand showing that the way for this was not
  yet open. The key phrase is not yet. Therein
  is summed up the entire Old Testament religion.
  No, the way was not open to God it was barred.
  But it was not simply not open, but not yet open
  not yet, that is, until the time of Christ.
• - Richard
  D. Phillips
• Hebrews (Reformed Expository Commentary)

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Entrance

• John 109, I am the gate whoever enters through
  me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and
  find pasture.

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Burnt Offering Altar
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Laver
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Tent of Meeting

• John 146, Jesus answered, "I am the way and the
  truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
  except through me.

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Coverings

• Covering (Red Rams skins)
• I Jn 22, He is the atoning sacrifice for our
  sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins
  of the whole world.

• Righteousness (Linen)
• 1 Cor 130, It is because of him that you are in
  Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from
  God-- that is, our righteousness, holiness and
  redemption.

• Protection (Badger Skin)
• II Th 33-4, But the Lord is faithful, and he
  will strengthen and protect you from the evil
  one. We have confidence in the Lord that you are
  doing and will continue to do the things we
  command.

• Sin Offering (Goat Hair)
• Rom 83 ,For what the law was powerless to do in
  that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God
  did by sending his own Son in the likeness of
  sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he
  condemned sin in sinful man,

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Holy Place
John 812, When Jesus spoke again to the people,
he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever
follows me will never walk in darkness, but will
have the light of life.
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Table of Shew Bread
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Altar of Incense
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Holy of Holies- Veil

• Heb 1020, by a new and living way opened for us
  through the curtain, that is, his body,
• Matt 2750-51, And when Jesus had cried out
  again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At
  that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in
  two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the
  rocks split.

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Holy of Holies-Ark
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Holy of Holies- Mercy-Seat
Rom 325, God presented him as a sacrifice of
atonement, through faith in his blood. He did
this to demonstrate his justice, because in his
forbearance he had left the sins committed
beforehand unpunished
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now Gods dwelling place is with men.. (
Revelation 213)God Almighty and the Lamb are
its Temple (Revelation 2122)

• The New Jerusalem
• Will come down from heaven