Far from being boring or uninteresting,
the Old Testament tabernacle, and later
the temple in Solomon’s day, is a
shadowy picture of Christ and the
church. True, people are perhaps easily
able to draw the connections between
Jesus and the sacrificial animals, as
Jesus is identified as the one and only
true sacrifice who takes away our sins
(e.g., Heb 8-10; 1 John 2.2). But beyond
the obvious connections between Jesus
and the sacrificial animals, the Old
Testament tabernacle is literally an
entire world of references, allusions,
and foreshadows of Christ and the
church.
the Old Testament tabernacle, and later
the temple in Solomon’s day, is a
shadowy picture of Christ and the
church. True, people are perhaps easily
able to draw the connections between
Jesus and the sacrificial animals, as
Jesus is identified as the one and only
true sacrifice who takes away our sins
(e.g., Heb 8-10; 1 John 2.2). But beyond
the obvious connections between Jesus
and the sacrificial animals, the Old
Testament tabernacle is literally an
entire world of references, allusions,
and foreshadows of Christ and the
church.
