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The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God’s Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation is unavailable, but you can change that!

At various points in Israel’s history, God dwelt in specific, significant places, most notably in the tabernacle and the temple. These structures, meticulously planned, extravagantly furnished, and regularly frequented by the devout, were more than just places of worship and sacrifice. They were pictures of God’s relationship with his chosen people and of the atoning work that would be done by...

ways to interpret these similarities between the garden of Eden, the tabernacle (constructed by Moses in Exodus), and the temple (constructed by Solomon in Kings). Perhaps the garden “foreshadows” the future sanctuaries (tabernacle and temple), hinting about how God’s people will encounter his presence in the future. More likely is the understanding that the garden is the “archetype,” or the model, which along with the heavenly sanctuary, establishes the pattern for the later sanctuaries. That is,
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