1.04.2006

Tabernacle and Jesus


This is great stuff. Much of seeing Jesus in the Tabernacle is solid stuff, that helps us remember that God put His Gospel in pictures, images and furniture, for His people to enact and live into. People smelled, saw, and walked around signs of God's presence, day by day.

An interesting example: the holy of holies was a perfect cube - about 15 feet high, deep and wide. But the dimensions are never given - they are deduced by the dimensions of the rooms and spaces surrounding. This is like the Trinity (3-dimensional?) and nature of God Himself. We often define Him by what He is not (immortal, invisible, etc.). An interesting "incarnation" of God's nature.

Zechariah 2:14: "Shout and be glad, Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will tabernacle [live] among you."
John 1:14: "The Word became flesh and tabernacled [dwelt] among us."

Some problems lurk: this is a group that is not quite my style. They read a bit much into each detail, perhaps, it's a bit low budget, and their views on Israel today are a little out there, I think. Nevertheless, their theology has resulted in a good look at the Old Testament, from which we can learn.

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