The Purpose of the Wilderness Tabernacle
A Tabernacle Replica at Timnah Park, Israel Dwelling With God Through His Son On Mount Sinai, Moses received more than just the Ten Commandments. He was also given elaborate instructions for building a Tabernacle. The Tabernacle was a temple of worship that involved specific protocols and procedures. These protocols deliberately provided a possible means for God's people to dwell with Him, as God requested. Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. — Exodus 25:8 From the fall of Genesis until the construction of the Tabernacle, the Bible records people occasionally walking and talking with God, but not dwelling with Him. As we shall see, within the framework of this Old Testament sanctuary, God draws His people closer to Himself through an intricate sacrificial system. Today, this arrangement can speak volumes about the specifics of such a great salvation and indescribable gift. ... how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation ...?...