The Type of the Plan of Salvation and a view of God's Character
It is impossible to understand the gospel in the New Testament fully without understanding the gospel in the Old Testament. Where do we find the gospel in the old testament? In the Sanctuary. Let God open our minds to more exalted views of His character in the light of the Sanctuary.
When the people had rejected God as their leader they asked for Moses to speak to God rather than God to speak to them. "And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."(Exodus 20:19) What could God do for such people who ran from His very presence?
He drew near to them in love and mercy and said " ... let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." (Exodus 25:8). God wanted not only to dwell with but in His people. He wanted them to come to know Him.
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:23, 24)
Through the Sanctuary the government of God and His dealings with sin were to be seen at least typically, until the true Lamb should come.
After the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, the law of God or His requirements existed in the form of oral tradition. That is, it was not written down but it was passed on from generation to generation in oral form.
God needed to stem the tide of apostasy that was persistent after the fall. Men were losing their knowledge of God and therefore wanted to draw near to them in love and show them His ways and His truth.
When the people had rejected God as their leader they asked for Moses to speak to God rather than God to speak to them. "And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."(Exodus 20:19) What could God do for such people who ran from His very presence?
He drew near to them in love and mercy and said " ... let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." (Exodus 25:8). God wanted not only to dwell with but in His people. He wanted them to come to know Him.
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:23, 24)
Through the Sanctuary the government of God and His dealings with sin were to be seen at least typically, until the true Lamb should come.
After the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, the law of God or His requirements existed in the form of oral tradition. That is, it was not written down but it was passed on from generation to generation in oral form.
God needed to stem the tide of apostasy that was persistent after the fall. Men were losing their knowledge of God and therefore wanted to draw near to them in love and show them His ways and His truth.