TABERNACLE (I) & (II) READING REPORT

My meditation on the Tabernacle completely changed my faith in God and Jesus Christ.

I considered the Tabernacle too lightly, as it seemed unnecessary to me. I even heard some Christian ministries adopt the name Tabernacle without realizing what it really was.

It was simply by reading these two volumes on the Tabernacle that I came to realize and receive tremendous spiritual blessings. Little did I know that by reading these two books, I would actually build the house of God in my heart. I am so grateful to God for allowing such a blessing to come into my heart.

Like anyone else, I believed that a large church building is where God dwells. I believed that if we devoted ourselves by building a big church it would be such a great act of love towards God that would certainly open the doors of His Kingdom to us. I so admired these great church buildings in cities and towns around the world and also kept imagining that their builders and worshipers were truly in fellowship with God.

Great was my surprise when I realized that I was caught up in carnal delusions fueled by the selfish human desire to defy God. I did not know that these great church buildings were towers of Babel and synagogues of Satan. God does not dwell in such dark and empty places.

Without reading these books, I would never have known that we should believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit in our hearts to build the Tabernacle, the house of God. It`s really strange but it`s the real truth. Who would have known that by receiving the remission of sins through Jesus` baptism, death on the Cross, and resurrection, we would be building God`s dwelling place in our hearts. We never would have known that even by going to theological seminaries. Dear believers, let us receive spiritual blessings through faith in the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle allows us to truly dwell with God.

It is because we should receive the terrifying judgment of our sins that God asked Moses to build the Tabernacle, the place where He was to pour out His grace of salvation upon us. Jesus Christ who is God Himself (purple thread) came to this world in human flesh and received by the laying on of hands of John the Baptist all our sins (blue thread), died horribly on the Cross (thread crimson) and rose from the dead on the third day according to Old Testament prophecy and New Testament revelation (fine woven linen). If Jesus Christ who is God Himself had not delivered us in this detailed way, we would only have remained sinners despite having believed in Him for a long time and would inevitably have received the terrifying judgment for our sins which is the lake of fire and brimstone.

Before knowing this truth, I believed that the altar of burnt offering was the place where I should sacrifice myself to God by offering my prayers of repentance and preaching the gospel of the blood of the Cross to the uninitiated. I also thought that the Bronze Tub meant I had to be baptized. However, the Altar of Holocausts clearly shows us the terrifying judgment of our sins. Anyone who comes into the presence of God must inevitably go through the judgment of their sins. As we entered through the gate of the Tabernacle court, the first thing we encountered was this gigantic bronze Altar.
We humans are basically weak beings before the Law of God. We commit sins constantly during our life. And as a reward for such a life, we simply deserve to be thrown into the fire of hell. But Jesus Christ came to this world in human flesh and took all our sins on Himself by being baptized and died on the Cross. This is how He became in our place, the sacrificial offering.

I am so grateful for all the truths revealed in the building materials of the Tabernacle. My faith has not remained the same after learning these mysteries. I truly believe that I have no more sin when I realize how carefully God has planned my salvation and that of all mankind. My junk faith has become pure gold through the teachings of these two books on the Tabernacle. I was clearly confused when it came to really living by faith. I was trying to do this and that to please God. On the other hand, by learning that the Holy Place is the church of God, and by realizing the spiritual significance of the objects contained in the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, I began to believe in Him in a right way. I truly knew and believed that God`s deep desire is to bestow blessings on us weak creatures.

How powerful and rich is the gospel of the water and the Spirit, which the Lord Himself has given us and borne witness to. I am truly grateful to God for having delivered me completely from all my sins and from the false Christian doctrines of this world through the Tabernacle. HALLELUJAH!

Cédric Patrick
www.bjnewlife.org