R3885-345 Berean Studies In “Tabernacle Shadows”

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BEREAN STUDIES IN “TABERNACLE SHADOWS”

In the references below, Z. represents this journal and T. stands for Tabernacle Shadows. The references should be given to brethren and sisters for reading in the classes. Free comment should be permitted after each reading.

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NOVEMBER 4

  1. What was the divine purpose in establishing the Tabernacle in the wilderness with its services and ceremonies? Heb. 10:1; Heb. 8:5; Col. 2:16,17; T.11, par. 1; Z.’02-235 (1st col. par. 1; 2nd col. par. 1).

  2. What is a “type”? and how should types be used? Z.’92-100; see also WATCH TOWER BIBLE under “Types.”

  3. What should be our object in studying the Tabernacle “shadows”? T.11, par. 2 to 12, par. 2.

  4. Briefly stated, what was the Tabernacle, and where do we find the directions for its construction? T.12, par. 3; Ex. 25 to 27; 35 to 40.

NOVEMBER 11

  1. What were the dimensions of the Tabernacle, the names and sizes of its two apartments? T.13, par. 1.

  2. How may we avoid the confusion arising from improper translations of the “Holy” and “Most Holy”? T.13, footnote.

  3. Describe the Court, with its dimensions. T.14, par. 1.

  4. What were the names of the three entrance passages into the “Court,” the “Holy” and the “Most Holy,” respectively? T.14, par. 2.

  5. What and where was the “Camp”? T.14, par. 2.

  6. What were the furnishments of the “Court” and how situated? T.15, par. 1 to 3.

  7. What were the furnishments of the “Holy” and where were they placed? T.15, par. 4 to 17, par. 1.

  8. What furniture did the “Most Holy” contain? T.17, par. 2.

  9. What difference in the material of which the furniture in the Tabernacle and the “Court” was made, and what did this signify? T.17, par. 3.

  10. What did the “Camp” typify? T.18, par. 1.

NOVEMBER 18

  1. What did the “Court” represent, and who alone might enter into it? T.19, par. 1; Z.’02-235 (2nd col. par. 2).

  2. Briefly, what did the two apartments of “the Tabernacle” proper represent? T.19, par. 2; Z.’02-236 (1st col., top of page).

  3. Who only of the Israelites might enter the Tabernacle, and what is the antitype? T.20, par. 1.

  4. In the antitype, do all who enter the “Court” experience a change of nature? T.20, par. 2.

  5. What does entering the antitypical “Holy” imply, and how is Christ the “Gate” and the “Door”? T.20, par. 2.

NOVEMBER 25

  1. What parts of the Tabernacle represented the two stages of our new life? T.20, par. 3.

  2. Who are those begotten of God through the Word of Truth (Jas. 1:18), and how represented in the “Holy”? T.20, par. 4; Z.’00-227 (1st col., par. 2).

  3. Did the “Most Holy” represent the present or future condition of the “overcomers”? T.21, par. 1.

  4. What is the hope, which “as an anchor entereth into that within the [second]

vail”? Heb. 6:19; 10:20; T.21, par. 2.

  1. How do consecrated believers follow in the footsteps of their Leader and High Priest, Jesus?” T.21, par. 3, to 22 par. 1; Z.’02-236 (1st col., par. 1).

DECEMBER 2

  1. How do we pass the “vail of sin and unbelief,” and why was it not necessary for Jesus to take this step? T.22, par. 1.

  2. How do we pass the first vail, and into what does it lead us? T.22, par. 2, 3.

  3. What does the passing of the second vail typify? T.22, par. 3.

  4. Why must we leave our human bodies behind when we pass the second vail? I Cor. 15:50; John 3:5,8,13; T.23 (top of page).

  5. By way of recapitulation, what did the “Camp,” “Court” and “Tabernacle” typify? T.23, par. 1.

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— November 1, 1906 —