Chapter I "AN EARTHLY SANCTUARY" WITH A HEAVENLY MEANING When God told Moses to build the tabernacle in the wilderness, according to the pattern which He showed him in the mount, He said: "Speak unto the children of Israel. . . . And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwdl among them" (Exod. 25:2, 8). When the inspired apostle explained the spiritual signif- icance of this, God's dwelling place among His people, Isra- el, He said to the Hebrew Christians: "We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man" (Heb. 8: 1, 2) . These words from the New 'Testament not only give us the Holy Spirit's commentary on the meaning of the taber- nacle in the wilderness; but they are the key that unlocks a vast treasure of spiritual truth regarding the "earthly sanc- tuary" which Moses built, in order that God might dwell among His people. If we would understand the New Testa- ment teaching concerning this Jewish tabernacle, which was "a shadow of good things to come" (Heb. 10: 1), we should compare the Exodus record with the Epistle to the Hebrews, especially chapters eight and nine, which deal with the tabernacle in particular, though primarily with the ministry of Christ, our Great High Priest, in "the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man." This comparison of the Old Testament with the New will un- fold to us "The Glories of Christ As Foreshadowed in the Jewish Tabernacle." Yea, it will reveal to us the wonders of [9]
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