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Tabernacle as type of Christ

Cited scripture

  • Exod 25:8 — And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
  • Exod 25:9 — According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
  • Exod 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  • Heb 8:2 — A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
  • Heb 9:11 — But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
  • John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
  • John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
  • John 2:21 — But he spake of the temple of his body.

Affirmed by

5 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

Historic voices touch this

57 passages from 10 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

  • Against the Arians (Orationes contra Arianos) · 12 passages
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church · 10 passages
  • Homilies on the Gospel of John · 8 passages
  • Summa Theologica · 6 passages
  • Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 5 passages
  • City of God · 5 passages
  • Homilies on Matthew · 3 passages
  • Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew · 3 passages
  • An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith · 3 passages
  • Epistle to the Ephesians · 2 passages