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Once a person receives salvation, their experience with God should begin to come from the inside out through the power of the Holy Spirit. This will begin to happen to us from reading the Bible, through worship and in our everyday lives. Yes, there is still influence from the outside, but the function of this influence is to allow us to continue to communicate with the world. Often, the Lord uses the outside stimuli to show us and confirm to us what He's already revealing to

The word of the good news of Jesus Christ comes initially through our five senses. There are some exceptions of people directly experiencing the Lord's touch; however, these are very rare. Salvation is usually like the apostle Paul's experience. He was exposed first by the outside stimulation of example set by the early saints, like Stephen's stoning and others being persecuted. Paul, in his later writings, referred to this experience because of the dramatic influence it had

The word of the good news of Jesus Christ comes initially through our five senses. There are some exceptions of people directly experiencing the Lord's touch; however, these are very rare. Salvation is usually like the apostle Paul's experience. He was exposed first by the outside stimulation of example set by the early saints, like Stephen's stoning and others being persecuted. Paul, in his later writings, referred to this experience because of the dramatic influence it had

Jesus Christ said, " You must be born again to enter the kingdom of God." The kingdom of God is a spiritual world and must be touched by our spirits. When Jesus was speaking to Nicodemus, the emphasis was not on sin, as it is so often presented to us.It was on being awakened spiritually. This, unfortunately, is not what many experience today in church. The result is we dwell on the law trying to bring people to repentance from sin and a constant push to stimulate people to se

All humans operate from birth the same way from their spirit out, but influenced from outside in. Before salvation comes to us, the only influence we experience from God is from outside in through a revelation of God and nature and various ministries that teach and preach. We must consider that we are all born with a darkened spirit. In other words, because of the fall of Adam and Eve, we were separated from God. We are without any revelation of Him or who He is. They were in

There are two approaches to the study of the human as the Tabernacle. The first approach is from outside in, and the second is from the inside out. In the first approach from outside in we consider salvation our first touch from God. This is the moment God comes into our spirit. The second approach will be the process of perfection or completion that takes place from the inside out during the process of transformation. The second is the focal point of the series on the life w

The focus of the devotional is to study the entire Tabernacle as it represents the human being as the house or dwelling of God, how Jesus operated as a human being and how we are made to operate in like manner. In describing the sum total of His life, the scripture says, "the word was made flesh and tabernacled with us." He specifically uses the word tabernacle in order to emphasize what He's trying to get across to His people. He says in His word that "in the volume of the b

Many times, the more powerful the influence the church can give to our senses from the outside (music, preaching, programs etc) the better the ministry is graded for value and performance. We grade churches by numbers, programs, and showmanship. Granted outside influence is important. However, it must lead to something deeper than that. It is time to refocus on what the gospel is all about. We should continue to keep our eyes on the goal of the gospel and not just the means o

The Tabernacles of Moses and David represent and symbolize the human being and the process of transformation during our journey to completion. They describe the change in us from our natural state and the transformation to true spirituality. True spirituality is the abiding life Jesus knew while on Earth. The Tabernacles represent our restoration to even more than what Adam and Eve experienced in the garden of Eden. Completion is not an overnight process. It takes time. Many

When they were in Moab, the children of Israel's enemy wanted to stop them from entering the Promised Land. He used the prophet Balaam to curse them. It means to denounce or marginalize them in public. The purpose was to demoralize them and dispirit them. It was meant to take the very spiritual energy out of them they needed for salvation. We can see this happening today. We see this happening throughout the world and, yes, even in our Christian communities. Satan is trying t

The problem we have today is the same as outlined in the Bible. In Numbers 32, it describes the attitude that God's people had. They wanted to stay on the wilderness side of the Jordan River simply because it seemed easier for them at that time. While facing the enemies, they looked at their outside circumstances and came to their own conclusions as to what was best for them. They refused the discomfort of moving forward in faith. Today, as we look at moving forward, it also

There are reasons for the delay the church has experienced on its way to perfection and completion. This delay was expected and spoken of by the Lord. Listen to what the following scripture tells us. "and I saw another mighty Angel come down from heaven clothes with a cloud the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the son and his feet as pillars of fire and he had in his hand a little book open and he set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot on the

The Tabernacle is a picture of the true design of the human being as we were ultimately designed to operate. God will complete and accomplish all He designed us to be. He's coming back for a church without a spot or wrinkle or any such thing. (Ephesians 5) "Describe the temple to the house of Israel so that they will be ashamed of their sin and let them measure its plan in detail. If they are ashamed of all that they have done make known to them the design of the temple house

The law was a shadow of things to come. In other words, the law and the Tabernacle give us the history of God's people as a corporate body, their progression towards completion, and the next age. The Tabernacle is also a picture of the spiritual timeline in an individual's personal journey of transformation through their salvation experience. It is a picture of both the church and the individual in the complete salvation process. We study the Tabernacles because they give us

Jesus used the temple or Tabernacle as a way to say, "Look at me. I'm the new Temple. I am the prototype for the people of God, the firstborn of many brethren." "Whom He did foreknow, He also did predestine to be conformed to the image of His son that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8:29) The Lord Jesus Christ is the key to understanding the Gospel according to Moses' and David's Tabernacles. When understood and observed in our lives, they are designed

God speaks to us in the paradigm of the Tabernacle of Moses. He takes the natural elements of creation and transforms them into a symbolic language to depict eternal truth about humans and how we operate. The Tabernacle becomes God's secret code for revealing truth to the sincere seeker of God and a restoration of the voice of God. In fact the whole of the Mosaic system becomes God's tool to teach Divine truth to the people of God in order to build relationship back with Him

The ten commandments are laws and a covenant agreement that serve as a guide to God's will and His character so that we may approach Him. It was a way to get us close to God, but it wasn't meant to replace relationship with His people. The law shows us that we will always fall short of complete fulfillment of it by ourselves. Our natural man doesn't have the character and makeup to have a relationship with God. We need God's help to keep the commandments and a covenant relati

The children of Israel were slaves in Egypt for 400 years. They had no culture or laws of their own. On their journey through the leadership of Moses, they were desperate for direction and guidance from God. They needed leadership to get to the promised land. God used the law given to Moses all through the wilderness journey to guide them. But the law was not meant to be the end, but a guide to the future promise. It was not meant to be kept as the end of God's plan. It was m

Understanding the Tabernacle paradigm is very important because it represents God's plan for the human race. Paul knew what the scriptures regarding the Tabernacle represented. They are the tools to aid in the transformation of the believer's life from their early Christian walk into the very life of Christ growing up inside of them. This life is known as completion, perfection, and a life worth living. The penalty of not knowing the paradigm was great to the early church and

There are 185 references to the Tabernacle in the Bible. Jesus refers to Himself as the temple, and Paul tells us we are the temple! "Do you not discern and understand that you are God's Temple and that God's spirit has His permanent dwelling in you?" (1 Corinthians 3:16) In the closing days of the church age, the Lord is bringing tremendous new light to various old truths in order to mature the Christian's understanding of the complete work of Jesus Christ. This light reveal