Daniel Hyde

Read the tabernacle story with me.

Having the veil of unbelief removed,

And then having a pair of glasses put on that help you to understand the fullness of what's going on there.

And that leads to a fourth principle.

That we are to read the Old Testament, especially the tabernacle, as fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

Recall what Jesus said to the Pharisees as they searched the scriptures.

And he rebukes them because they thought that in them they had everlasting life.

But these are those that testify about me.

He's rebuking them because they thought in all the obscure details and knowing all the ins and outs that that was saving.

No, in fact, he says these must lead to me.

And so Jesus Christ is like the key that unlocks the door for us to then enter the Old Testament.

and begin to stand in awe and wonder.

And in particular, he tells us very clearly in the gospel of John, as John writes about Jesus, telling us that the word became flesh and dwelt among us.

And that word dwelt there, no doubt you've probably heard, is a word that's used in the Greek translation of the Old Testament to speak of the tabernacle.

When the word became flesh, he made his tabernacle among us.

He's the tabernacle.

He's the one

who is the glory of God.

That's why John goes on to say, John 1.14, that we have seen his glory, the glory of God that dwelt in that tabernacle and later in that temple.

Jesus tells the Samaritan woman at the well that the day is coming when worship would no longer happen on this mountain or in Jerusalem, these certain special high places where the temple was in Jerusalem, but the hour is coming now is when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.