The Tabernacle - A pattern, a figure, a shadow

Few people realize the great importance of the Tabernacle in scripture. 2 chapters are given to creation. But there are ______________ chapters that are devoted to a description of the Tabernacle and its related ministries.

2Ti 3:16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

The Old Testament is about _________________.

Psa 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,

Notice it does not say in a few parts of the book. It says in the volume of the book.

Luk 24:44 And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.

The entire Tabernacle, Every piece of furniture points to Christ. Every hanging, every piece of cloth, every sacrifice and every ceremony all pointed to Christ. From the materials that it was made from to the very colors that were used all symbolized Jesus.

The Tabernacle was made according to a Pattern

Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Moses was in the mountain with God for 40 days the first time and then another 40 days the second time. That is __________ days.

One of the reasons that Moses was in the Mount for such a long time was to receive all the detailed instructions for the Tabernacle.

God gave such great detail about the Tabernacle because God was going to use it as a figure.

Heb 9:7 But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people:

Heb 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

Heb 9:9 Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

The Israelites were not saved by the Law.

Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

What the law could not do was accomplished by God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.

Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us

The Tabernacle was only a Shadow

Heb 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

The entire tabernacle and everything in it foreshadows Jesus. Every piece of furniture pictures Christ

Ark – ____________

Alter of incense – _____________________

Golden candlestick – ___________________

Table of showbread – __________________

Laver – ____________________

Brazen alter – ___________________

Why study the Tabernacle?

1) Study of the Tabernacle gives an understanding of God’s redemptive plan

2) Study of the Tabernacle shows the sinfulness of man

3) Study of the Tabernacle shows the Holiness of God

4) Study of the Tabernacle shows Christ’s fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan

5) The priestly ministry in the Tabernacle reveals how sinful man can approach a holy God with acceptable worship.

6) Study of the Tabernacle priesthood will give an understanding of Christ’s priestly ministry

7) Study of the Tabernacle will give us a greater appreciation of our role as believer priests. We have access anytime.

8) The sacrifices shows the great importance God placed on the need of a blood sacrifice

9) You need a good understanding of the Tabernacle to understand much in the book of Hebrews.

10) Every piece of the Tabernacle has a timeless truth to teach us that applies today.