In the Old Tabernacle, Father dwelt between the cherubs. But now, as we will see in a minute, Jesus is the New Testament Tabernacle, the body of flesh that "housed" the FULNESS of the Godhead bodily...
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
What is the Old Testament Tabernacle?
God's Dwelling Place.
Exodus 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
[3] And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
[4] And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[5] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
[6] Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
[7] Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
Exodus 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
[9] According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Tabernacle means to dwell with. And, to dwell with means to tabernacle with. In both the Old Testament and New Testament, God has wanted to dwell with his people.
Exodus 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
[22] And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
God would meet with the priest from between the wings of the Cheribums. The Bible says God is a spirit and is literally everywhere at the same time (omnipresent) which, he meets with the priest in one specific place. All His personality, His attributes, His knowledge, His entire being, in one place between the wings of the Cheribums.
God himself had planned to, later Tabernacle (dwell) with us in another way. Instead of meeting between the Wings of the Cheribums, he chose to dwell with us in bodily form...
John 1:14 "And the Word (God) was made flesh, and dwelt among us..."
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
The word Godhead used here is "...in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead(G2320) bodily."
G2320
θεότης
theotēs
Thayer Definition:
1) deity
1a) the state of being God, Godhead
St. John 14:10 records Jesus saying, "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The WORDS that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that DWELLETH IN ME, he doeth the works.
2 Corinthians 5:19 "To wit, that God was IN CHRIST, reconciling the world unto Himself..."
God told Moses to make the Old Testament tabernacle with rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins (Exodus 26:14). From the outside, it was not particularity beautiful. Jesus, the New Tabernacle, is not a man of outer beauty that we should desire him...
Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
When the priest was in the Holy Place, and about to enter into the Holiest Of Holies, he knew God was on the other side of the Veil. The New Testament tells us that Jesus' flesh, his skin, is the VEIL...
Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
[20] By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
God Bless!
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
What is the Old Testament Tabernacle?
God's Dwelling Place.
Exodus 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
[3] And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
[4] And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[5] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
[6] Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
[7] Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
Exodus 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
[9] According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Tabernacle means to dwell with. And, to dwell with means to tabernacle with. In both the Old Testament and New Testament, God has wanted to dwell with his people.
Exodus 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
[22] And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
God would meet with the priest from between the wings of the Cheribums. The Bible says God is a spirit and is literally everywhere at the same time (omnipresent) which, he meets with the priest in one specific place. All His personality, His attributes, His knowledge, His entire being, in one place between the wings of the Cheribums.
God himself had planned to, later Tabernacle (dwell) with us in another way. Instead of meeting between the Wings of the Cheribums, he chose to dwell with us in bodily form...
John 1:14 "And the Word (God) was made flesh, and dwelt among us..."
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
The word Godhead used here is "...in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead(G2320) bodily."
G2320
θεότης
theotēs
Thayer Definition:
1) deity
1a) the state of being God, Godhead
St. John 14:10 records Jesus saying, "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The WORDS that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that DWELLETH IN ME, he doeth the works.
2 Corinthians 5:19 "To wit, that God was IN CHRIST, reconciling the world unto Himself..."
God told Moses to make the Old Testament tabernacle with rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins (Exodus 26:14). From the outside, it was not particularity beautiful. Jesus, the New Tabernacle, is not a man of outer beauty that we should desire him...
Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
When the priest was in the Holy Place, and about to enter into the Holiest Of Holies, he knew God was on the other side of the Veil. The New Testament tells us that Jesus' flesh, his skin, is the VEIL...
Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
[20] By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
God Bless!
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