The Tabernacle of Moses Fulfilled in Jesus
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Romans 15:4 (ESV)
“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
Exodus 25:8 (ESV)
“And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.”
Exodus 3:5 (ESV)
“…Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
The Tabernacle in the Old covenant.
1. The Ark of the Covenant
- Gold pot with manna
- Aarons staff that had budded
- The 10 commandments stone tablets
2. The table for the bread.
3. The Golden Lamp stand
4. The bronze altar
5. The court of the tabernacle
The fulfillment of the tabernacle by Christ in the New covenant.
- The Manna
John 6:31-33 (ESV)
“Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
- Aarons staff/rod
Hebrews 9:24 (ESV)
“For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.”
- The ten Commandments
Hebrews 10:1 (NIV)
“The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves.”
Hebrews 9:24 (NIV)
“For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; He entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.”
Hebrews 9:10 (NIV)
“…external regulations applying until the time of the new order.”
2. The table for the bread
John 6:35 (ESV)
“…I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst.”
3. The golden Lamp stand
John 8:12 (ESV)
“…I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
4. The bronze altar
Hebrews 10:10-12 (NIV)
“…we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.”
5. The court of the tabernacle
Matthew 27:50-51 (NIV)
“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."
John 1:14 (ESV)
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
