Pastor Nate Brosher
Feb 23, 2025
Exodus 25:8-9 NLT - 8 "Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them. 9 You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.
The Tabernacle / Sanctuary
The Outer Court
- The Gate
- The Bronze Altar
- Laver/Bronze Basin
Inside the Court of the tabernacle
- The Table of Shewbread
- The Golden Lampstand/Menorah
- Altar of Incense
The Holy of Holies
- The Veil
- The Ark of the Covenant
Sanctuary – miqdāš – A consecrated place, sacred, holy place.
The word "sanctuary" comes from the Latin word for "holy".
■ Foreshadow of Jesus
Matthew 27:50-52 NLT - 50 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, 52 and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.
John 19:30 ESV - 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Why is this so important?
■ Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary.
■ How do I become a living sanctuary?
1Timothy 4:4-5 NIV - 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
1Corinthians 6:19-20 NLT - 19 Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So, you must honor God with your body.