From Tabernacle to Temple to Man.
In the Old Testament the people requested for a King. Rejecting the LORD as their king. So God gave them King Saul. (1 Samuel 8:6-7)
Saul was a symbol of the Law. Just as the people exclaimed to God “all that the Lord will say we will do”. (Exodus 19:8 )
But God loved the people so He chose a man after His heart, David. David was a symbol of Jesus. (1 Samuel 13:14, Acts 13:22)
Jesus came as a Messiah to redeem those under the Law. (Galatians 4:5)
Just as the Law (teachers of the law) persecuted Jesus WHEN he was baptised or anointed, So also Saul persecuted David when David was anointed to lead the people.
The Pharisees followed Jesus everywhere, just to find faults or get him killed. So also Saul followed David to have him killed. Just as Saul died in battle. So also the Law was destroyed in battle in AD70. (Battle of Romans destroying Jerusalem).
Saul (the Law) died spiritually when David was anointed. That is why it persecuted David. Just as Jesus ended the spirit of the Law by His resurrection.
It only needed to be completely taken away literally or physically.
The Law (old covenant system) was completely destroyed in AD 70.
During the days of David, He built a temple in his heart which His son Solomon built physically.
God moved from the tabernacle into the temple.
Now, when Jesus came He moved God into man. His proper place.
As Jesus says, My Father and I will make our HOME in him. (John 14:23)
That Is why we are now the temple of the living God. This is how you became the New CREATION. The House of the Godhead.
The New Heaven and New Earth.
Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. (Revelation 21:1-3)
We could not move to Him so He took the initiative and move into us.
Be at Peace. God is going nowhere. God is stuck with you.
Adapted from Jonathan Forgor
