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

"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel so that they will be ashamed of their sins 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 its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes and all its laws. And write it down in their site so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and do them. This is the law of the temple. Its entire

2 Peter 1:16-19 "For we did not follow cleverly devised stories or myths when we made known to you the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty for when He was invested with honor and the radiance of the shekinah glory from God the Father. Such a voice as this came to Him from the splendid majestic glory in the bright cloud and overshadowed Him saying, 'this is my son, my beloved son in whom I am well pleased and delighted'. We ac

When we accomplish harmonizing our natural life with the life of Christ, we will no longer be tossed to and fro by the winds of life. The definition of tossed is to push, propel, hurl, fling, and thrust. People today are tossed about by their circumstances compulsively. It is difficult to hear the Holy Spirit's voice in that condition. It's good to list and memorize everything that compulsively throws us into being tossed around. There are problems when our desires do not agr

Completion means having the necessary parts, elements, or steps. It means to have His fullness (Ephesians 3:9 - 19, John 1 14 -18). It means to be to be filled with His likeness. It means to cram or to furnish with all of God. It means to be retrofitted. It means to be brought to a high proficiency, a perfect end. The word states that we will come to His stature, to His elevation, excellence, splendor, and nobility. (Ephesians 4:10) In the end, it means to walk in the earth a

The Bible states that Paul the apostle desired to "present every man perfect or complete in Jesus Christ." (Colossians, Hebrews) The aim was always the same to bring His people to their new position as sons. Jesus was the prototype for mankind. We have been building the structure of the church without the commitment to fulfill the very reason for the structure. The end result of the Gospel is supposed to be "the perfection of the saints for the work of the ministry" (Ephesian

Even after we have met the Lord in our initial salvation experience, we can still continue to live life without Him. We can continue to live solely on our natural man and the influence from the outside in. We love God, but we lose contact with Him inside by reacting to our five senses. We listen to the devil's interpretation of what we experience. Most Christians never experience full salvation and die like the Israelites on the desert floor long before crossing over into the