Hi,
This is a review for the book entitled,
The Tabernacle: A detailed portrait of Jesus Christ series (I)
by Paul.C.Jong
Everything in this world that human beings have created, has come into existence because an idea and a plan was first formed in their minds. After this, a blueprint was most likely drawn up and certain steps would have been taken before the final product could be completed.
If this is the case for humans beings who`s ideas and creations are flawed, how much more so, would God the father have created an intricate plan for our salvation and recorded in the scriptures?
He definitely would not have sent Jesus to this world to save us from our sins in a haphazard manner.
Surely, first of all, there would of been a detailed plan as to how Jesus would complete the most important work of all time, that is, saving human beings from all our sins and the judgement of Hell.
God has indeed shown us through the Old Testament scriptures, exactly how Jesus would come as the Lamb of God who would take away the sin the world.
Therefore, this book seeks to proclaim the truth as to why the gate of court of the Tabernacle was woven with blue, purple and scarlet thread and the fine woven linen, along with the meanings behind the utensils that were used and the process by which sins were atoned through the sacrificial system.
However, these mysteries are revealed by God, only to those who`s hearts have been prepared to receive them.
God reveals this truth to those who fear Him and seek His mercy though the realization that they are sinners who are destined for hell according to God`s Law which says that the wages of sin is death in Romans 6:23.
Such people have had their self-righteousness broken down and their hearts have been humbled by accepting the just judgement of God for themselves.
To such people who have become poor in Spirit, God reveals the gospel of the water and the Spirit, foreshadowed in the Tabernacle and blesses them with the remission of their past, present and future sins.
The mystery of the blue thread used for the gate of the Tabernacles court, foreshadows the truth, that in the New Testament, Jesus would receive His baptism from John the Baptist in order to take upon Himself the sin of the world (Matthew 3:13-15)
In the sacrificial system, when the Israelites sinned, the high priest would lay his hands on the head of the animal to transfer the peoples sins onto it (Leviticus 16:21).
This act of the `laying on of hands`, also foreshadows the baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist to take on our sins (1 Peter 3:21).
In 1st John chapter 5 verses 6 & 8, the Apostle John states that Jesus came by water, blood and the Spirit. He says that these three bear witness on earth and these three agree as one.
In like manner we can see that the beautiful gate of the Tabernacle was intricately woven of blue, purple and scarlet thread and fine woven linen. Each colour representing a specific element of Jesus` work for salvation.
However, because the details of the Tabernacle are not known and preached in mainstream Christianity, many believe that Jesus` blood is the only component needed for salvation. And as a result of this false teaching, the hearts and consciences of many Christians still remain burdened by their sins.
This is because, Jesus blood, represented by the scarlet thread does not stand alone as the completed works of Christ.
Just as the tabernacles gate was not woven with only the scarlet thread, but with the blue, purple and scarlet thread along with fine woven linen.
These specific details that God has recorded in the Bible should not be overlooked or thought of as inconsequential.
They are written to lead us away from our own thoughts and from man-made religion to the righteousness of the Lord who gave Himself for us in strict accordance to the will of the Father.
Jesus came to us as the one true God represented by the purple thread. And for those truth-seekers who have faith in the written Word like fine woven linen, after reading this book, will confess that they have believed in God incorrectly all this time.
But now, having believed in the mysteries of the tabernacle and the sacrificial system, they will know and believe exactly why Jesus was baptized by the high priest John the baptist prior to shedding His blood and dying on the Cross.
I hope that you will eagerly read this book which delves deep into the Word of God and is revealed to those who desire to worship Him in spirit and in truth.
By reading this book, you will come to know the detailed plan of salvation that God established in Old Testament and you will thoroughly enjoy seeing how His plan came to fulfilment in the New Testament.
The Tabernacle teaches us, what the gift of the remission of sin truly is, and as such, the tabernacle itself is the very substance of Jesus Christ.
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