Tabernacle and Worship

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Tabernacle and Worship

• By
• Prof. Jintae Kim, Ph.D.
• Alliance Theological Seminary

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The OT Worship Pattern
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Typology

• 1 Cor 1011 These things happened to them to
  serve as an example (typicos), and they were
  written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of
  the ages have come.

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Tabernacle
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The Door for Jews Only
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The Door of the Outer Court

• The Door of the Outer Court was a large curtain,
  made of fine linen, colored in blue, purple, red
  and white. The curtain was supported by wooden
  pillars that were based in brass sockets, with
  silver capitals, just like the other pillars of
  the outer court curtain. The door curtain was
  fastened to the pillars with gold hooks.

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The Door is the only way in, inviting and
attractive.

• Jesus said "I am the Door if any man enters
  through Me he shall be saved" (John 109) and "I
  am the way, the truth and the life no man comes
  to God the Father except through Me" (John
  146).

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The Apostles Creed

• I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of
  heaven and earth And in Jesus Christ His only
  Son, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born
  of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
  Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He
  descended into hell the third day He rose again
  from the dead He ascended into heaven, and
  sitteth on the right hand of God the Father
  Almighty from thence He shall come to judge the
  quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
  the Holy Universal Church the communion of
  saints the forgiveness of sins the resurrection
  of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.

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How do we enter the gate?

• Psalm 1004 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
  and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him,
  bless his name.
• Thanksgiving for
• Who God is
• What God has done for us through Jesus Christ.
  Now the door is open because of Jesus atoning
  death at the cross.

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For who He is

• Rev 4 8 And the four living creatures, each of
  them with six wings, are full of eyes all around
  and inside. Day and night without ceasing they
  sing,
• "Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the Almighty, who
  was and is and is to come."

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Hymn 9

• Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God almighty Early in the
  morning our song shall rise to Thee
• Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty! God in
  three Persons, blessed Trinity

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2nd stanza

• Holy, Holy, Holy! All the saints adore Thee,
• Casting down their golden crowns around the
  glassy sea
• Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
• Which wert, and art, and evermore shall be.

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3rd stanza

• Holy, Holy, Holy! Tho the darkness hide Thee,
• Tho the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,
• Only, Thou art holy there is none beside Thee,
• Perfect in Powr, in love, and purity.

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4th Stanza

• Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
• All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth,
  sky, and sea
• Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty!
• God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! Amen.

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For what he has done

• Rev 410-11 the twenty-four elders fall before
  the one who is seated on the throne and worship
  the one who lives forever and ever they cast
  their crowns before the throne, singing, 11
• "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive
  glory and honor and power, for you created all
  things, and by your will they existed and were
  created."

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Outer Court

• The bronze laver and bronze altar were located in
  the outer court. 

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How to enter the courts?

• Psalm 1004 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
  and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him,
  bless his name.

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Praise God for two primary works of grace

• Two Important objects Laver and Burnt Altar
• (1) Burnt Altar Atoning sacrifice of Christ at
  the cross? Justification of believers
• (2) Laver Cleansing of our conscience and soul ?
  Freedom from guilt of sins

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Laver
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The Laver and Its Function

• The Laver was a large bronze basin containing
  water.
• Having entered through the door into the
  Tabernacle's Outer Court, the priests had to wash
  their hands and feet at the Laver before they
  could either enter into the sanctuary building or
  make any offering to the Lord at the burnt
  offering altar. God warned Moses that if the
  priests did not wash they would die (Exodus
  3020-21).

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Confession for our sins

• Every worshipper must confess ones sins before
  Gods presence.
• Our original sin and the sins we committed for
  the week or the day in action and thought.
• This can be done in the form of congregational
  prayer or individual prayer.

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The Lords Prayer

• Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
  name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on
  earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
  daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we
  forgive those who trespass against us. And lead
  us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
  For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
  glory, forever. Amen.

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• Psalm 5110 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
  and put a new and right spirit within me. 11 Do
  not cast me away from your presence, and do not
  take your holy spirit from me. 12 Restore to me
  the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a
  willing spirit. 13 Then I will teach
  transgressors your ways, and sinners will return
  to you. 14 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O
  God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing
  aloud of your deliverance. 15 O Lord, open my
  lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16
  For you have no delight in sacrifice if I were
  to give a burnt offering, you would not be
  pleased.

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Burnt Altar
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• The altar was 7.5 feet square and 4.5 feet high,
  was made of acacia wood overlaid with bronze, and
  had a horn on each corner.  The fire on the altar
  was to be kept burning at all times and the daily
  sacrifices were offered in the morning and
  afternoon.

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Repentance Offering ourselves as Living
Sacrifice
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A Living Sacrifice

• Romans 121 I appeal to you therefore, brothers
  and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present
  your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and
  acceptable to God, which is your spiritual
  worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but
  be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so
  that you may discern what is the will of God--
  what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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Sanctuary
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Sanctuary in Two Parts

• The first room, on the East side (right), was
  called the Holy Place the priests would enter
  the Sanctuary via the entrance door curtain on
  the East side (far right)
• The veil (middle, left of center) separated the
  Holy Place from the inner room
• The inner room, to the West (left), was called
  the Holy of Holies, where only one man (the High
  Priest once per year was permitted entry this
  was where God's presence and glory resided over
  the Ark of the Covenant.

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Difference between the two holy places in the OT

• Service in the Holy Place
• Give thanks to God and bless His Name in the Holy
  of holies.

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The NT Christian Worship

• Hebrews 1020 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 approach
  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.

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The Holy Place

• This sacred area was occupied by the golden
  lampstand, incense altar and table of showbread. 
  The lampstand (menorah) was beaten and fashioned
  out of a single block of gold and had three
  branches coming out of each side of the central
  shaft.  The seven lamps on top of the branches
  were likely round saucers with pinched rims which
  held the wick and olive oil.

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Lampstand (Menora) Presence of the Holy Spirit
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The Lampstand

• The Lampstand was made of solid, pure gold,
  beaten out of a single piece. It was placed
  towards the left side of the Holy Place, the
  South side. The lampstand was like a tree of
  gold. "In Him was life and the life was the light
  of men" (John 14).

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Table of Showbread The Word of Truth
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Table of Showbread

• Opposite the menorah was the table of showbread. 
  Built of acacia wood and overlaid with solid
  gold, the table had a surface of 3 x 1.5 feet.  
• Twelve loaves of bread were placed on the table
  on Shabbat and were replaced by fresh bread the
  following Shabbat.  The high priestly line would
  eat the replaced bread.

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Altar of Incense Prayer
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Altar of Incense

• Also known as the "golden altar" or the "inner
  altar," this three foot high altar was the
  location of regular incense offerings.  Every
  morning and evening when tending the light of the
  menorah, the priests would offer a mixture of
  frankincense and other aromatic gums.  On the Day
  of Atonement, the high priest would sprinkle
  blood on the horns of this altar.

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The Holy of Holies True and most Intimate
Fellowship
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The Veil Separation
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The Veil

• The Veil is the final door to pass through, to
  enter into the presence of God in the Holy of
  Holies. Entry was forbidden to all except one,
  the high priest, and his access was not free he
  was permitted entry once only per year, on the
  Day of Atonement, when he brought the blood of
  the sacrificed goat to sprinkle on the lid
  (called the Mercy Seat) of the Ark of the
  Covenant.

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Ark of Covenant
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The Ark of Covenant

• The only object in the Holy of Holies, the sacred
  ark contained the two tablets with the Ten
  Commandments, the rod of Aaron that blossomed and
  the pot of manna.  The ark was covered by the
  "mercy seat" on which the high priest sprinkled
  the blood of the goat seven times on the Day of
  Atonement.  The ark represented the footstool of
  God's throne.

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Aaronic Benediction (Num 6)

• 22 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying 23 Speak to
  Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless
  the Israelites You shall say to them, 24 The
  LORD bless you and keep you 25 the LORD make his
  face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you
  26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and
  give you peace. 27 So they shall put my name on
  the Israelites, and I will bless them.

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