17 OCT 2014, WORD4ALL: THE TABERNACLE & THE FIRST COVENANT

THE TABERNACLE & THE FIRST COVENANT

(Hebrews 9:1-8 NLT)

# That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth.
# There were two rooms in that Tabernacle.

# In the first room were
     % a lampstand,
     % a table, and
     % sacred loaves of bread on the table.
This room was called the Holy Place.

# Then there was a curtain, and behind the curtain was the second room called the Most Holy Place.

In that room were
     % a gold incense altar and
     % a wooden chest called the Ark of the Covenant, which was covered with gold on all sides.

# Inside the Ark were
     % a gold jar containing manna,
     % Aaron’s staff that sprouted leaves &
     % the stone tablets of the covenant.

# Above the Ark were the cherubim of divine glory, whose wings stretched out over the Ark’s cover, the place of atonement.

# When these things were all in place, the priests regularly entered the first room as they performed their religious duties.
# But only the high priest ever entered the Most Holy Place, and only once a year.
# And he always offered blood for his own sins and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
# By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that
# the entrance to the Most Holy Place was not freely open as long as the Tabernacle and the system it represented were still in use.