The last type of law is what we might call the moral law, those moral principles that endure from one era to the next. We find them, for example, in the Ten Commandments. “Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. In the Shema, we read: The Hebrew Bible required that the Ark of the Covenant be placed in a mobile sanctuary known as the tabernacle. A curtain preventing people from seeing the Ark of the Covenant was placed in the tabernacle, and an altar and incense burners were placed in front of the curtain. Incense consisted of gum resin, onycham, galbanum, and incense and was to be burned by Moses` brother Aaron and his sons in the morning and at sunset. The tabernacle was the epicenter of Old Covenant worship.

This is why the author refers to it with the expression “earthly sanctuary”. The tabernacle was the place where Israel offered sacrifices and priests interceded for the people. Because the tabernacle was so central to the Old Covenant, Israel focused intensely on what was happening within it. The new covenant, however, diverts our attention from the tabernacle. Under the new covenant, there is no longer a central place of worship that God requires. Because the Spirit unites us to Christ by faith, Christians now worship the Father “in spirit and in truth,” not in a tabernacle (John 4:24). Moreover, Christ now dwells among His people (Matthew 18:20). John even describes the incarnation of Christ in language similar to that of the tabernacle: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14; emphasis added). The epicenter of New Covenant worship is not in one place, but in one person: Jesus Christ.

Yahweh`s presence is with his people, at its center. The same principle should apply to the Church today. Christ is not only the theoretical head of the church, He should also be at the center of everything we do. Christ in our midst is what distinguishes the Church from all groups of people on earth. At its core, the Church is not only a human organization, but an organization animated by the Spirit of Christ! No other nation has this special relationship. Instead of being an absent Suzerain, this Great King chooses to live among his special people – in a tabernacle or a roving throne room designed to his specifications. Faced with the sin of the people, Moses had asked God for forgiveness and grace so that God`s presence could continue in their midst. Indeed, in their midst, God is the only peculiarity of Israel as a nation (Exodus 33:2-3, 12-17; Lesson 6). According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (Hebrew: מִשְׁכַּן, Romanized: mīškān, lit. “residence, abode”), also known as the tent of the congregation (Hebrew: אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, romanized: `ōhel mō`ēḏ, also a dating tent, etc.), was the portable earthly abode of Yahweh (the God of Israel), which was used by the Israelites of the Exodus in the conquest of Canaan. Moses was commissioned at Mount Sinai to build and transport the tabernacle[1] with the Israelites on their journey through the wilderness and their subsequent conquest of the Promised Land.

After 440 years, Solomon`s temple in Jerusalem replaced it as God`s dwelling place. T3. What does the arrangement of the furniture, tabernacle, and courtyard teach us about worship? Why do you come to the bronze altar and sink or basin before reaching the tent itself? www.joyfulheart.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1060 This description is generally identified as part of the priestly source (“P”)[2] written in the sixth or fifth century BC. J.-C. However, while the first priestly source takes the form of instructions, the second is largely a repetition of the first in the past tense, that is, it describes the execution of instructions. [3] Many scholars claim that it is much younger than the time of Moses, and that the description reflects the structure of Solomon`s temple, while some believe that the description comes from memories of a true pre-monarchical shrine, perhaps the shrine of Shiloh. [2] Traditional scholars claim that it describes an actual tabernacle used in the time of Moses and after. [4] Historically, an earlier pre-exilic source, the Elohist (“E”), describes the tabernacle as a simple tent sanctuary. [2] As I reflect on the order of objects as I enter the tabernacle complex from its eastern entrance, I see progress as one approaches the presence of God, a typical progress in Christian worship and Old Testament worship.