“You are to order the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pounded olives for the light, and to keep a lamp burning continually. Aaron and his sons are to put it in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain in front of the testimony, and keep it burning from evening until morning […]

Let’s imagine for a second that you are an ancient Israelite. You wake up one morning knowing that you have to take a trip to the Wilderness Tabernacle to pay homage to your God. Other nations have their gods but you have yours. Your God’s Name is YAHWEH. And He was the one who through […]

Today we begin Exodus Chapter 27. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. We’ve spent the last couple of days talking about the Tabernacle’s tent sanctuary which housed both the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. From today, we’re going to move to the outer courtyard (the third zone […]

Before we move on to the next Chapter, there are four Hebrew words connected to the Tabernacle sanctuary that you’ve just got to know. The first word is MASAKH. This term refers to the main entrance or door leading into the Holy Place. Remember that one had to walk through the Holy Place to get […]

I wanted to share some thoughts concerning the “spiritualizing” or “typifying” of the many aspects of the Wilderness Tabernacle. I do believe the Lord wants us to recognize patterns and pictures in Scripture, but I think unless the Bible specifically calls something a “type” or “pattern”, we have no business saying that it is. I […]