FROM THE GARDEN TO THE TENT
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CREATION AND THE GARDEN WERE TEMPLES
CREATION AND THE GARDEN WERE TEMPLES
GENESIS 1 IS A POEM DESCRIBING THE CREATION OF THE COSMOS IN FUNCTIONAL TERMS.
IT IS A TEMPLE TEXT.
1 Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
2 All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
EDEN DOES NOT EQUAL GARDEN. HE PLANTS THE GARDEN IN EDEN. IT IS A PART OF EDEN WHERE MAN DWELLS. EDEN FUNCTION AS A TEMPLE – A PLACE WHERE GOD DWELLS.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE GOD’S PRESENCE, THE DIVINE COUNCIL PRESENCE AND MANKIND’S PRESENCE. GOD AND HIS IMAGERS ARE IN EDEN.
FROM EDEN GOD GIVES FOOD AND WATER AND LIGHT AND LIFE.
FROM EDEN ADAM AND EVE ARE TO RULE AND EXPAND THE RULE OF GOD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. ALL THE EARTH IS TO BE GOD’S TEMPLE!
IT IS SACRED SPACE: WHERE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH ARE JOINED.
11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me:
12 “Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: “You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
EDEN MOUNTAIN TOP HOLY OF HOLIES
GARDEN MID MOUNTAIN HOLY PLACE
WORLD MOUNTAIN BASE OUTER COURT
1 Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.
2 Moses alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”
3 Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.”
4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.
6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.
7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,
10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.
11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”
13 So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.”
15 Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
16 The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.
18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
CHAPTERS 25-30 GOD TELLS MOSES HOW TO CONSTRUCT THE TABERNACLE CULMINATING IN INSTRUCTION ON THE SABBATH.
MOSES COMES OFF THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WITH THE WORD OF GOD – LITERALLY!
HOLY OF HOLIES: EDEN
ARK OF THE COVENANT
CHERUBIM ON THE ARK (MERCY SEAT) AND THE CURTAINS
Psalm 99:1–5 (ESV)
1The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
2The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.
3Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he!
4The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!
IN THE ARK ARE THE TABLETS – GOD’S WORD.
Exodus 25:21–22 (ESV)
21And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
22There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
HOLY PLACE: GARDEN
LAMPSTAND WHICH REPRESENTS THE LIGHTS OF THE VISIBLE HEAVENS (5 PLANETS SUN AND MOON = 7) THE WORD USED FOR LIGHTS IN GENESIS 1 IS USED HERE. IT IS FORMED AS A TREE OF LIFE.
TABLE OF BREAD: FELLOWSHIP
ALTAR OF INCENSE: PRAYER/COMMUNICATION
OUTER COURT: REST OF THE WORLD
ALTAR OF EARTH (UNCUT STONE)
BASIN OF WATER
PURIFICATION
CHRIST: FULFILLS THE PURPOSE OF THE TEMPLE
CHRIST: FULFILLS THE PURPOSE OF THE TEMPLE
CHRIST IS THE SACRIFICE AND WATER THAT CLEANSES.
HE IS THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.
IN REVELATION 7 JOHN WITNESSES A GREAT MULTITUDE FROM EVERY TRIBE TONGUE AND NATION DRESSED IN WHITE ROBES.
13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”
14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
CHRIST IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
CHRIST IS THE BREAD OF HEAVEN
CHRIST IS THE LIVING WATER
WHEN CHRIST DIED THE VEIL/CURTAIN WAS TORN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
THE LAST ADAM HAS DONE WHAT THE FIRST FAILED TO DO.
ACCESS TO GOD IS AVAILABLE TO ALL THROUGH CHRIST.
@ PENTECOST THE SPIRIT IS DISTRIBUTED AND DISPERSED – GOD PUTS HIS WORD AND PRESENCE IN HIS PEOPLE.
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.