The Rent Veil
When our Lord Jesus Christ died, the veil of the temple was rent in two. The record of this event is given in three of the Gospels (Mt. 27:50-51; Mk. 15:37-38; Lk. 23:45). The veil was rent while hanging between...
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The Great Altar
The most prominent feature inside the outer court of the tabernacle was the great altar, sometimes called the brazen altar or altar of burnt offering. Set four square, it was made of shittim or acacia wood, was overlaid with bronze...
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Building a Temple
There are many magnificent church buildings in the world. Architects have exerted all of their skill to design them and millions of dollars have been spent in construction. Men labored for years to erect these structures. Today the cities of...
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Structural Integrity
The framework of the tabernacle was built of boards of acacia (shittim) wood overlaid with gold, standing on a foundation of silver. These boards were ten cubits in length and one-and-a-half cubits in breadth. They had two tenons, which fitted...
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How Now, Gold Cow?
Israel made a golden calf while Moses was getting the plans for all the holy vessels for them. It is afflicting, but withal exceedingly beautiful, the intercourse of God with Moses, consequent upon the people making the golden calf--how, in...
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The Holy Place
One of the ways to view the Holy Place in the tabernacle is to see it as a foreshadowing of the local church. "In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord; in...
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Is It Profitable?
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable..." (2 Tim. 3:16). Today some are attempting to cut portions from God's Word (much of it from the Old Testament and the Gospels) and present to the public a so-called...
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Devotedness
The directions concerning the construction of the tabernacle, and the institution of priesthood--without which there could be no presentation to God of sacrifice at the brazen altar, or worship at the golden altar--are the subjects of seven chapters in Exodus...
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The Glory Cloud
God's purpose in giving instructions for building the tabernacle in the wilderness is stated plainly in Exodus 25:8, "Let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." From the earliest time, God has sought to have communion...
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