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The Meaning Of The Tabernacle - Zac Poonen

sermonindex Dec 9, 2013

Especially for Krautfrau since she was interested in a possible three-stage sanctification process as in Daniel 12:10:

"Many will be purged, purified and refined..." (Daniel 12:10 NASB)

http://www.cfcindia.com/web/mainpages/articles.php?display=article23

The whole article is long. This is a excerpt from end of the article. Blessings

Three Levels of Christian Living

The three parts of the tabernacle - outer court, holy place and most holy place - symbolize the following:

Three stages of growth:
(1) forgiven by God; (2) serving God; and (3) fellowshipping with God.

Three types of Christians:
(1) a carnal Christian; (2) a soulish Christian; and (3) a spiritual Christian.

Three ministries of the Holy Spirit:
(1) born of the Holy Spirit; (2) baptized in the Holy Spirit; and (3) led by the Holy Spirit daily.

Three attitudes towards God: (1) thanksgiving; (2) praise; and (3) worship.
(In thanksgiving, we think of God's gifts that we have received and been blessed by. In praise, we think of God's greatness and almighty power that are exercised on our behalf. But in worship, our focus shifts to God Himself, and we adore Him for Who He is.)

Three levels of light:
(1) human reason; (2) the teaching of God's Word; and (3) God’s nature.
(All of us live our lives by the light and understanding that we receive from one of the above three sources. The light in the outer court and holy place was created light - the sun in the outer court and the lampstand in the holy place. But the light in the most holy place was the uncreated light of God’s own presence.)

Three levels of fruitfulness:
(1) thirty-fold; (2) sixty-fold; and (3) hundred-fold.
(The good ground in the parable of the sower was also of three types, just as the bad ground was of three types (Mark 4:1-8). The measure of fruitfulness in the good ground depended on the measure of wholeheartedness).

Three levels of Christian maturity:
(1) babes; (2) young men; (3) fathers.
(Babes are dependent on others. Young men are zealous. Fathers are full of wisdom-1 Jn.2:12-14 ).

The way into the most holy place is through the rent curtain of the flesh that our Lord has inaugurated for us (Heb.10:20). The curtain does not have to be rent today, for it has already been rent. But every day we have many opportunities to walk this way and to live in the most holy place.

God's perfect will is that we should live every day in His presence. Many do not have a fresh anointing on them always, because they live either in the outer court or in the holy place. We must take up the cross daily if we are to enter through the curtain daily and live in the most holy place (He.10:20).

The way of the cross we must remember however, is a way and not a goal. Our goal is fellowship with the Father in the most holy place. So we do not major on the message of the cross but rather on the message of fellowship with the Father.

May we all live in that blessed fellowship all our days.

sermonindex Dec 9, 2013

Thanks for that brother. Very interesting. Keswick claims two stages, two types of believers but as the link shows, three is the picture we have from the OT.

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