Daily Devotional Day 93

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 people don't believe completion is possible and some give up. For that reason, both Tabernacles must be considered together because both operate at the same time during transformation. One Tabernacle decreases while the other increases. Because they were physical structures, these Tabernacles can be studied from different paradigms. Each comes with their own understanding of God and His purpose.

In this series of books, we'll concentrate at looking at the Tabernacle as a type and a symbol of the human being and our functioning. This was the Revelation that Jesus was conveying to us when He claimed that His body was the temple of God. Time was given to God's people to make the changes necessary. However, they rejected Jesus. 70 years later, God destroyed the temple, signifying that a better way had come to replace the old. The Tabernacle of Moses represents how God initially reaches the human being.

The system uses the five senses to reach people from the outside. It was meant to take the people through the desert to the promised land. It was only supposed to take them eight days, but He saw that due to the nature of His people, it would take longer. Forty years, to be exact. So He created the concept of the Tabernacle of Moses to communicate with them in an external way, a way that appeals to the five senses. This was the easiest and fastest way to get their attention because it is how we live from birth.

The church, as an organization like in the time of Jesus, focused on the physical building and what goes on inside to impress and appeal to our outside senses. The church was always meant to be a place that nurtures spiritual Christians. However, most of the time, it produces carnal Christians. A carnal Christian simply put by the apostle Paul is one who "lives like other men do." He was implying here that there's another way for Christians to live. Throughout our journey to completion, we are called to be different. We are called to habitually seek the abiding life of Christ. Not visitation but habitation! Christ in us and us in Christ. The Tabernacles are a picture of this process.

Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you your spiritual progress. Are you relying on and operating in religion or relationship? Are you living as other men do? How are you different since your salvation began?