Daniel Hyde

Little over one chapter was needed to describe the structure of the world, but six were used for the tabernacle.

So it should sort of startle us a little bit.

The creation has just a scant amount in the whole overall teaching of Scripture as compared to the tabernacle.

Something's going on here.

Something's very important for us.

I want to ask you a question to begin with, just in terms of your own understanding of the Lord, your salvation, and your relationship with Him.

What's the best biblical truth, the best key biblical passage or teaching that you would look to in order to understand your salvation?

Possibly you would think about the Trinity, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, God, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier.

Perhaps the best place to start would be the life of Jesus Christ.

Think about his incarnation, his life of obedience to the law of God, his death, resurrection, ascension.

Perhaps for some of us, it would be the book of Romans.

And we look to the first part, which deals with our sin, our guilt, the meat of the book, which deals with our salvation and the grace of God, and finally, which deals with gratitude, how we are to be thankful to God for his redemption.

Now, what if I asked you, thinking about your salvation, looking to Scripture for how we are to understand it, to limit yourself just to the Old Testament?

So no New Testament teaching, just an Old Testament figure or a story or a book.

Where would you look to understand your relationship with God?

Maybe you'd think about Abraham and the covenant that God made with him.

Perhaps the Exodus and the great drama and the story of how God liberates his people.

Perhaps you'd think about the Psalms and those 150 prayers and songs that God gave to his people.

Well, I want to lead you in a study of your salvation, your relationship with God, in terms of the Old Testament tabernacle.

Not necessarily the best place to begin.