God wants to dwell with us and us to dwell with Him.
Jesus is named Immanuel, God with us in Matthew 1.
Heaven is described as the dwelling place of God with men at the end of the Bible.
Today, we are confronted with what it means to dwell with God. God’s purpose is to dwell with us until we can dwell with Him. The start of the Tabernacle Scriptures states:
Ex 25:8 (NKJV) And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
In Exodus, God sent the plans to build a portable Doorway to Heaven where humans could come face to face with God, by way of substitutionary sacrifices. Coming before God is incredible.
That is what we need to think about more often, what it means to come face to face with God, which is only through Christ.
The Tabernacle was a reminder for us who live on Earth, of the reality of God upon His Throne. Today, what response does God expect of us when we see Him as He is this moment, seated upon His Throne?
MEETING THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE AT THE DOORWAY TO HEAVEN
The plan for the Doorway to Heaven that God gave is a guide for us to understand Christ’s work.
When God came down from Heaven to the Earth, the mountain began quaking, a cloud of fire surrounding God was burning the top of the mountain, and a pillar of smoke rose like from a blast furnace.
Each of the elements surrounding God’s Holy Throne, speak of a scene so awesome, and so massively powerful that frail creatures like we are as humans would have trouble surviving.
God left a visible plan of salvation for the world. For 500 years it was a tent that Moses built. Then it was in a Temple that Solomon built. Both portrayed:
THE PLAN GOD DISPLAYED
First, join me in a quick overview of how God laid out the plan of salvation so clearly in the detailed plans for the Tabernacle:
1. A sinner is outside the Tabernacle, kept away by a 7 ½ foot high white fence, set of posts held up by 60 solid brass sockets. There is only one way or gate into the enclosure, which opened directly in front of the Brazen Altar. That altar is the Cross of Jesus, which is where our spiritual life begins at salvation.
2. The next step after salvation is the regular cleansing at the Brazen Laver.
3. After being cleansed the next door leads to the Holy Place [about the size of a large living room (30 x 15)] where we find the Golden Table of Bread as we fellowship with Jesus through His Word.
4. Then guided by the light of the Golden Lampstand we are able to walk confidently as I John 1:7 says.
5. Then and only then can we understand the power of prayer as portrayed by the Golden Altar of incense.
6. Through prayer, we enter the Holy of Holies of God’s very presence.
7. In that Holiest Place, we find the peace and security of the Ark of the Covenant, the blood sprinkled mercy seat, and the glow of the Shekinah of God’s presence.
THE TABERNACLE ENTRANCE: GOD WANTS US TO COME TO HIM
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