The Temple "NOW"

The Temple or the Tabernacle is a clear detailed portrait of the Lord Jesus Christ, the believer and the Ten Commandments

Temple in O.T.


Priest: Levites

Sin Offering: Sheep

Laver of Bronze: Contain water for washing

Altar of Burnt Offering: Sin has taken away

Table for the Showbread: Contain bread

Golden Lampstand: Light

Altar of Incence: Sweet smelling aroma rising upward

Ark of the Covenant: Contain 2 tablet of stone, rod of Aaron and Jar of Manna



Temple in N.T.


Temple: Believer (1 Cor 3:16-17)

Priest: Believer (1 Pet 2:9)

Sin Offering: Jesus

Laver of Bronze: The Word of God is water (Eph 5:26;Heb 10:22)

Altar of Burnt Offering: Sin has taken away

Table for the Showbread: Jesus is the Bread of Life

Golden Lampstand: Illumination of the Word

Jesus is the light of the world

Believers are the light of the world

Altar of Incence: Prayer, Worship

Ark of the Covenant: The Spiritual Law which is the Ten Commandments

• Rod represents Judgments
• Disobedience to the Law will receive curse
• Manna represents Blessings
• Obedience to the Law will receive blessings

Now more than ever, the law must by any means be establish in the spiritual temple which is the believer. The “ark” that contains the spiritual law must be carry by the priest which is also the believer. Not in the shoulder but in the mind and heart where the law has its right and exact place. It means whenever the believer goes the ark (the Law that Jesus said, “Now I tell you”) should go with them.

The new tabernacle that we have now is more excellent than the tabernacle of Moses, because we as a priest have a privilege to enter in the most holy place like the high priest during Old Testament times. We can enter not only once but anytime, anywhere and in any situation.