When most people think of the Old Testament tabernacle, they picture an ancient tent,

distant and unfamiliar, something that feels far removed from everyday life.

But what if that sacred structure was actually designed by God to point us

directly to everything we have in Jesus Christ? In this study, fully furnished, finding all you need in Christ,

Scott invites us to step inside the tabernacle and discover that every detail from the altar to the mercy seat was a divine preview of the Savior to come.

Let's join Scott now.

We've come now to the final two pieces of furniture that point us to the Lord Jesus in that Old Testament

Tabernacle. And really we're going to look at them together because they are connected.

They are the Ark of the Covenant and on top of it the lid of that ark known as the mercy seat.

We have moved now from the outer court where the brass altar was,

where the golden labor was, into the holy place where the table of showbread, the golden

candle stand, and the altar of incense were, but now we have come beyond the veil.

Remember, only the high priest could go there.

He could only go there once a year on the Day of Atonement,

and he had to go very particularly as God instructed him to.

But when Jesus died on the cross,

the veil of that temple ran in two from top to bottom,

and God said, come on in.

And the Lord made a way into the holiest of all for every one of us.

I remember years ago when I was serving the Lord at Crown College, we had an exact

replica of the Old Testament tabernacle.

It was on loan to us, and it was set up.

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