THE OLD TESTAMENT SYMBOLS OF JESUS
THE TABERNACLE
The place where God dwelled among his people
Exodus 25 Isaiah 9:6
Mt.1:22,23 John 1:14 Heb.10:1
Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among
them. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like
the pattern I will show you.
-- Exodus 25:8,9
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us...
-- John 1:14
THE HIGH PRIEST
The high priest offers gifts and sacrifice for sins in
the Holy Place
Jesus is our too high priest in the true tabernacle in heaven
that was made by God not by man
Exodus 28:1; 29:9; Lev.16:30
Hebrews 4:14,15; 8:1-3; 9:11
...because on this day atonement will be made for you,
to cleanse you. Then, before the LORD, you will be clean from
all your sins.
--Leviticus 16:30
When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are
already here, he went through the greater and more perfect
tabernacle that is not manmade...
-- Hebrews 9:11
THE SACRIFICE
Each year, the High Priest offered a blood sacrifice for the sin
of the people
Jesus was the perfect and final sacrifice for all time
Exodus 30:10
Romans 3:21-26; 5:8-10
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns...
-- Exodus 30:10a
... We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all.... But when this priest [Jesus] had
offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the
right hand of God.
-- Hebrews 10:10,12
THE ARK
Place of God's presence
Jesus is God in human form
Exodus 25:22; John 1:14
There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the
ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you... -
- Exodus 25:22
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us...
-- John 1:14
Constructed of acacia wood
Represents Jesus' hunan nature
Exodus 25:10
Romans 1:3; Phil. 2:6,7; 1 Tim.2:5
Have them make a chest of acacia wood...
-- Ex.25:10a
Who, being in very nature God ... made himself nothing, taking
the wry nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
--Philippians 2:6,7
Covered with gold inside and out
Represents Jesus' divine nature
Exodus 25:11
John 1:1,14; 10:30,33; 14:6-9
Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out...
--Ex.25:11
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the
word was God ... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling
among us...
--John 1:1,14a
THE CONTENTS OF THE ARK
The Ten Commandments "the Testimony"
The Law given by God
Jesus said the he came to "fulfill the Law"
Exodus 20:1-17
Matthew 5:17,18; 22:36-40; Luke 16:16,17
And God spoke these words ... You shall not have any gods before
me...
-- Exodus 20:1-17
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
-- Matthew 5:17
AARON'S ROD
Represented God's choice for priesthood, and that God brings life
from death
Jesus is the chosen high priest and is the resurrection and the
life
Numbers 17:5,8,10
Matthew 3:17; John 11:25; Heb.3:1,2; 9:4
The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout...
-- Numbers 17:5a
And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with
him I am well pleased."
-- Matthew 3:17
MANNA
Given by Good as food to the people in the wilderness
Jesus called himself the "bread of life"
Exodus 16 John 6:35,48-51
Then said the LORD unto Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from
heaven for you..."
-- Exodus 16:14a
I am the living bread which came down from heaven...
-- John 6:51a
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