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Family Bible Study
Tabernacle/Temple, Us
Please join us at 6:30 pm for dinner and then from 7 to 8 we study the Bible together. We use history, archeology, culture, food, and the Bible to help us better understand what the Bible says and how we are to apply it; ultimately always looking to how it leads us closer to Jesus.
Locations & Times
Deatsville Baptist Church
184 Church St, Deatsville, AL 36022, USA
Monday 6:30 PM
Welcome to Family Bible Study. We will be studying for a while together what the Bible teaches regarding the tabernacle, the temple, and how we are to understand our role in this considering the New Testament teaching from 1 Corinthians 3:16.
Focal points
What is a temple?
What makes a temple special?
What was the role of a temple in society at this time?
Where did the idea of temple to the Hebrews possibly come from?
What is a temple?
What makes a temple special?
What was the role of a temple in society at this time?
Where did the idea of temple to the Hebrews possibly come from?
1 Cor 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Think about this for just a moment, you are God's temple. What does that imply about you, me, and those we come in contact with? What is the symbolism and meaning we are meant to understand from this? From this single verse, we will begin to work our way from the beginning understanding what makes a place holy. Think back to the tabernacle and the first temple of Solomon, what made it holy? It was the presence of God.
Think about this for just a moment, you are God's temple. What does that imply about you, me, and those we come in contact with? What is the symbolism and meaning we are meant to understand from this? From this single verse, we will begin to work our way from the beginning understanding what makes a place holy. Think back to the tabernacle and the first temple of Solomon, what made it holy? It was the presence of God.
The Bible Project - Temple
https://youtu.be/wTnq6I3vUbUWhy did the first tabernacle exist? What was it purpose? Was it the only tabernacle?
The first tabernacle, at least we think so.
Ex 15:15 Then Moses and the ⌊Israelites⌋ sang this song to Yahweh, ⌊and they said⌋,
“Let me sing to Yahweh because he is highly exalted;
the horse and its rider he hurled into the sea.
2 Yah is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him—the God of my father—and I will exalt him.
3 Yahweh is a man of war; Yahweh is his name.
4 The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea,
and his choice adjutants were sunk in the ⌊Red Sea⌋.
5 The deep waters covered them;
they went down into the depths like a stone.
6 Yahweh, your right hand is glorious in power;
Yahweh, your right hand destroyed the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of your majesty you overthrew those standing up to you;
you released your fierce anger, and it consumed them like stubble.
8 And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up;
waves stood like a heap;
deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed.
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder,
my desire will be full of them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
10 You blew with your breath; the sea covered them;
they dropped like lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh?
Who is like you—glorious in holiness, awesome in praiseworthy actions, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out your right hand;
the earth swallowed them.
13 In your loyal love you led the people whom you redeemed;
in your strength you guided them to the abode of your holiness.
14 Peoples heard; they trembled;
anguish seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then the chiefs of Edom were horrified; great distress seized the leaders of Moab;
all of the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
16 Terror and dread fell on them;
at the greatness of your arm they became silent like the stone,
until your people passed by, Yahweh,
until the people whom you bought passed by.
17 You brought them and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance,
a place you made for yourself to inhabit, Yahweh,
a sanctuary, Lord, that your hands established.
18 Yahweh will reign as king forever and ever.”
Now what just happened? The Israelites had escaped certain earthly doom by one of the mightiest armies of its time. In response, the people on the eastern shore of the Red Sea sing out to God. Where did the Israelites believe at this point was their destination? Where might they have gotten this impression? From God of course through Moses and Aaron as they informed them in pre-Exodus of their upcoming departure back into the promised land.
Ex 15:15 Then Moses and the ⌊Israelites⌋ sang this song to Yahweh, ⌊and they said⌋,
“Let me sing to Yahweh because he is highly exalted;
the horse and its rider he hurled into the sea.
2 Yah is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him—the God of my father—and I will exalt him.
3 Yahweh is a man of war; Yahweh is his name.
4 The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea,
and his choice adjutants were sunk in the ⌊Red Sea⌋.
5 The deep waters covered them;
they went down into the depths like a stone.
6 Yahweh, your right hand is glorious in power;
Yahweh, your right hand destroyed the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of your majesty you overthrew those standing up to you;
you released your fierce anger, and it consumed them like stubble.
8 And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up;
waves stood like a heap;
deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed.
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder,
my desire will be full of them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
10 You blew with your breath; the sea covered them;
they dropped like lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh?
Who is like you—glorious in holiness, awesome in praiseworthy actions, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out your right hand;
the earth swallowed them.
13 In your loyal love you led the people whom you redeemed;
in your strength you guided them to the abode of your holiness.
14 Peoples heard; they trembled;
anguish seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then the chiefs of Edom were horrified; great distress seized the leaders of Moab;
all of the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
16 Terror and dread fell on them;
at the greatness of your arm they became silent like the stone,
until your people passed by, Yahweh,
until the people whom you bought passed by.
17 You brought them and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance,
a place you made for yourself to inhabit, Yahweh,
a sanctuary, Lord, that your hands established.
18 Yahweh will reign as king forever and ever.”
Now what just happened? The Israelites had escaped certain earthly doom by one of the mightiest armies of its time. In response, the people on the eastern shore of the Red Sea sing out to God. Where did the Israelites believe at this point was their destination? Where might they have gotten this impression? From God of course through Moses and Aaron as they informed them in pre-Exodus of their upcoming departure back into the promised land.
The tabernacle of God as given to Moses.
dwelling place (aka tabernacle) n. — any location where a person or being dwells more than temporarily; even including supernatural locations.
mishkan. The portable sanctuary used by the Israelites during the forty years of wandering in the desert; often called the Tabernacle, or Tent of Meeting.
The tabernacle had many names: tent of meeting, tabernacle of the testimony, the house of Yahweh your God, sanctuary, the house of Yahweh, tent of assembly of God
Katz, M., & Schwartz, G. (2002). Searching for meaning in Midrash: lessons for everyday living (p. 221). Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society.
They were encamped at Mount Sinai, awaiting the meeting with the presence of God. They had been led there by a cloud by day and fire by night.
Ex 25:1 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the ⌊Israelites⌋, and let them bring to me a contribution. You will receive my contribution from every man whose heart prompts him. 3 And this is the contribution that you will receive from them—gold and silver and bronze, 4 blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine linen and goat hair, 5 and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather, and acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece. 8 And make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell in the midst of them, 9 according to all that I show you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its equipment—and so you will do.
Harris, W. H., III, Ritzema, E., Brannan, R., Mangum, D., Dunham, J., Reimer, J. A., & Wierenga, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Lexham English Bible (Ex 25:1–9). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
dwelling place (aka tabernacle) n. — any location where a person or being dwells more than temporarily; even including supernatural locations.
mishkan. The portable sanctuary used by the Israelites during the forty years of wandering in the desert; often called the Tabernacle, or Tent of Meeting.
The tabernacle had many names: tent of meeting, tabernacle of the testimony, the house of Yahweh your God, sanctuary, the house of Yahweh, tent of assembly of God
Katz, M., & Schwartz, G. (2002). Searching for meaning in Midrash: lessons for everyday living (p. 221). Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society.
They were encamped at Mount Sinai, awaiting the meeting with the presence of God. They had been led there by a cloud by day and fire by night.
Ex 25:1 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the ⌊Israelites⌋, and let them bring to me a contribution. You will receive my contribution from every man whose heart prompts him. 3 And this is the contribution that you will receive from them—gold and silver and bronze, 4 blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and fine linen and goat hair, 5 and red-dyed ram skins, and fine leather, and acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamp, balsam oils for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones and stones for mountings on the ephod and the breast piece. 8 And make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell in the midst of them, 9 according to all that I show you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its equipment—and so you will do.
Harris, W. H., III, Ritzema, E., Brannan, R., Mangum, D., Dunham, J., Reimer, J. A., & Wierenga, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Lexham English Bible (Ex 25:1–9). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
Acts 7:42 But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets:
‘You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me
for forty years in the wilderness, did you,* house of Israel?
43 And you took along the tabernacle of Moloch
and the star of the god Rephan,
the images that you made, to worship them,
and I will deport you beyond Babylon!’
44 The tabernacle of the testimony ⌊belonged⌋ to our fathers in the wilderness, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him* to make it according to the design that he had seen, 45 and which, after* receiving it* in turn, our fathers brought in with Joshua ⌊when they dispossessed the⌋ nations that God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David, 46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built a house for him. 48 But the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, just as the prophet says,
49 ‘Heaven is my throne
and earth is the footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 “You stiff-necked people and uncircumcised in hearts and in your* ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so also do you!
Harris, W. H., III, Ritzema, E., Brannan, R., Mangum, D., Dunham, J., Reimer, J. A., & Wierenga, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Lexham English Bible (Ac 7:42–51). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
Notice that they did not attack him for the history of the tabernacle, but rather when he said they resisted the Holy Spirit. We know that next Stephen would be stoned for his words. The first death after Christ recorded of his followers.
‘You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me
for forty years in the wilderness, did you,* house of Israel?
43 And you took along the tabernacle of Moloch
and the star of the god Rephan,
the images that you made, to worship them,
and I will deport you beyond Babylon!’
44 The tabernacle of the testimony ⌊belonged⌋ to our fathers in the wilderness, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him* to make it according to the design that he had seen, 45 and which, after* receiving it* in turn, our fathers brought in with Joshua ⌊when they dispossessed the⌋ nations that God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David, 46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built a house for him. 48 But the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, just as the prophet says,
49 ‘Heaven is my throne
and earth is the footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 “You stiff-necked people and uncircumcised in hearts and in your* ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so also do you!
Harris, W. H., III, Ritzema, E., Brannan, R., Mangum, D., Dunham, J., Reimer, J. A., & Wierenga, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Lexham English Bible (Ac 7:42–51). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
Notice that they did not attack him for the history of the tabernacle, but rather when he said they resisted the Holy Spirit. We know that next Stephen would be stoned for his words. The first death after Christ recorded of his followers.