![]() The instructions for the tabernacle are conveyed in structures and patterns of seven, and every element of the tabernacle is designed to remind us of Eden. The description of the tabernacle is one in which God’s priestly image bearers rule and maintain order as they obey him and listen to his voice-it’s meant to sound a lot like Eden.The Israelites needed a way for their moral brokenness to be dealt with before heaven and earth could be reunited, and that’s where the tabernacle articles and furniture come in-they’re mechanisms for restoring the fallout of human folly. ![]() It’s an act of perpetual surrender before Yahweh, and when Yahweh’s people surrender in asking for forgiveness, he will happily release from the source of life blessing toward his people. This altar and its sacrifices are filled with language from both Passover and from the story of Isaac on Mount Moriah.
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