Understanding the Tabernacle System in the Bible?
The Bible talks about two Tabernacles. They are Heavenly Tabernacle and the Earthly Tabernacle.
Earthly Tabernacle:
- It is an earthly system but the blueprint is from Heaven.
- The effect is temporary because the sacrifice is performed every year and at times daily.
- It is imperfect because priests themselves are sinful.
- The High priest was from mortal man.
- Officiated by Priests from the tribe of Levi.
- Used blood of bulls and goats for the remission of sins.
Heavenly Tabernacle:
- Is a Heavenly system.
- It’s affects are permanent.
- It is perfect because of Jesus’s sacrifice.
- The High priest was God’s Son after the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 7: 11- 17).
- It is officiated by Jesus, the High Priest.
- Blood of Jesus was used. The High Priest was both lamb and the Priest that sacrificed the lamb
Aaronic, earthly, inferior, week, and temporary priesthood operates to make people right with God through an animal sacrificial system. This is what the Book of Hebrews dealing with in chapter 8, 9 and 10.
On the other hand Jesus’ high priestly mediation which is of the order of Malki-Tzedek, which is superior, heavenly, eternal priesthood brings for eternal relationship with God and forgiveness of our sins. Yeshua did replace the Levitical Priesthood Laws and reinstated the Melchizedek Priesthood laws. The law that was part of the Levitical priesthood is no longer valid in Yeshua for the remission of our sins. But this does not mean that laws of Moses was abolished,