Jesus is the High Priest of the greater sanctuary “made without hands” foreshadowed by the Ancient Tabernacle.
Jesus is the High Priest who serves in the “True Tabernacle pitched by the Lord and not man” and foreshadowed by the religious structures and rituals of Ancient Israel. The Son of God has become our “priest forever” who ministers for us “at the right hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the Heavens” – (Hebrews 8:1-2).
Continue readingEver since the Word became flesh, God’s Glory has been manifested in Jesus of Nazareth, and all who believe in him behold His splendor.
Jesus is the Logos, the “Word become flesh” in whom the “Glory of God” resides. He is the Greater Tabernacle foreshadowed in the Tent carried by Israel, the place where the Glory of Yahweh was seen in the Wilderness. His full glory is now displayed throughout the World for all men to see wherever Christ is proclaimed. Jesus is the true “light that illuminates every man coming into the world.”
Continue readingJesus came to fulfill what was promised and foreshadowed in the Hebrew Scriptures, the Law, and the Prophets.
Fulfillment is a key theme in the Gospel of Matthew. With the arrival of Israel’s Messiah, the time of fulfillment commenced. But what does this imply regarding the Law of Moses? In his ‘Sermon on the Mount’, Jesus provides clear answers. He did not come to settle the interpretive disputes between competing Jewish sects over the details of the Law, but instead, to fulfill the “Law and the Prophets.”
Continue readingJesus is the true Sanctuary of God that was foreshadowed in the ancient religious structures and worship rituals of the nation of Israel. He is the dwelling place of God’s presence and glory and the true and final mediator between Heaven and Earth. The man from Nazareth was the Temple “made-without-hands” that was destroyed by evil men but restored when his Father raised him from the dead.
Continue readingThe Prologue of John’s gospel introduces several key themes that are expanded in the body of his work – Life, Light, Witness, Truth, and Grace. Jesus is the Light of the world, the source of Grace and Truth, the True Tabernacle, the only born Son of God, and the only one who has seen the Father. The Prologue concludes by declaring that he is the only one who is qualified to interpret the unseen God.
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