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| The Old Testament |
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Exodus 25:8-11, 17-22, 31
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"Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering.... And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it."
"And they shall make an ark of acacia wood...and you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it...and you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you. You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold.... And you shall make two cherubim of gold...you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.... And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another.... You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. And there will I meet with you, and I will speak with you...from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.... You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold"
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Exodus 34: 27-29; 35:4-5, 21
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain) that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him....
And Moses spoke to the all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: 'Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord....'" Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord's offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
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Exodus 39:42-43, 40: 33-34
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According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the Lord commanded, just so they had done it.... Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
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Psalm 15:1-2
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Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.
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Psalm 43:3
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Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your tabernacle.
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| Psalm 61:4 |
I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah. |
| Psalm 84:1-2 |
How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. |
| The New Testament |
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Revelation 21:3
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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God."
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| The Heavenly Doctrines |
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Build a Tabernacle
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Apocalypse Revealed 585:3
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The Lord commanded Moses to erect a tabernacle, in which all things of heaven and the church were symbolized. |
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Apocalypse Explained 99:1,3
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"A tabernacle" symbolizes the church in respect to doctrine and worship.... [T]he church is a church from a life according to doctrine, and a life according to doctrine is worship. [A] "tabernacle" symbolizes the church consisting of those who are in the good of love to the Lord; and the "tent" symbolizes the church consisting of those who are in truths from that good. |
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Apocalypse Explained 700:4,5
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[T]he tabernacle was called the dwelling place of Jehovah God, as heaven itself is also called… The very holiness of the whole tabernacle was from the testimony, that is, from the two tables of stone on which the law was inscribed, because the law symbolized the Lord as to Divine Truth, and thus as to the Word, for this is Divine Truth.
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| Arcana Coelestia 10607:2 |
Moses symbolizes that external of the Word, of the church, and of worship, which receives Divine truth. |
Holy of Holies - The Ark with Cherubim
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Doctrine of Life 55:2-3
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On account of the holiness of that Law, and the presence of the Lord in it, the Lord spoke with Moses above the mercy-seat between the cherubs, and the ark was called "Jehovah there".... On account of the Lord's presence in that Law and around it, miracles were wrought by the ark in which was that Law.
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| Apocalypse Explained 700:6 |
The Lord spoke to Moses from there, because the law was there, and the law, in a broad sense, symbolizes the Lord as to the Word; and from the Word the Lord speaks with people. |
The Cherubim
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Apocalypse Explained 700:6
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It was from above the mercy seat between the two cherubim [that the Lord spoke with Moses], because the mercy seat symbolizes the removal of falsities that are from evil loves, and at the same time reception and hearing, while the cherubim symbolize protection, lest He should be approached except through the good of love.
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Arcana Coelestia 9509:3
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It is clear from places in the Word where "cherubs" are mentioned that they mean watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord or to heaven except through the good of love, that is, except by those governed by the good of love, and also guarding against any harm being done to the good from the Lord which is present in heaven and with a person.
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Holy Place - Lamp Stand
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Arcana Coelestia 9548:2
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“A lampstand” means the spiritual heaven by virtue of Divine truth which is present there from the Lord, and therefore also means the Church.
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Court - The Laver
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Arcana Coelestia 10237a
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The reason why the laver was set between the Tent of meeting and the altar, and Aaron and his sons there washed their hands and their feet, was that there might be symbolized the purification of the heart, and regeneration, which in its essence is the conjunction of truth and good; for the conjunction of truth and good is heaven itself with a person.... This conjunction is effected by means of the truths of faith, because these teach how a person ought to live; and when he lives according to the truths of faith, the conjunction of truth and good is effected.
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| Apocalypse Revealed 0 |
Baptism is called the laver of regeneration and of faith. |
Becoming a Church - A Dwelling Place for the Lord
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New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrines 246
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The Lord's Church is with all in the whole world who live in good according to their religious system. All who live in good - wherever they are - and acknowledge one God, are accepted by the Lord and come into heaven. For all who are in good acknowledge the Lord, because good is from the Lord, and the Lord is in good.
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| True Christian Religion 243 |
The church depends on the Word, and what the church is like in the case of each person depends on how he understands the Word. |
| True Christian Religion 510 |
The communion called the church consists of all people in whom the church is, and the church enters into a person when he is becoming regenerate, and everyone becomes regenerate by abstaining from the evils of sin. |
| Heaven and Hell 328 |
The Church of the Lord is spread over all the globe, and is thus universal. All those are in it who have lived in the good of charity in accordance with their religious belief. |
| New Jerusalem and the Heavenly Doctrines 246 |
The Church, like heaven, is in a person. |
| The Doctrine of Charity 27 |
All are initiated into the church by knowing evil and not doing it, because it is against God. |
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