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II Peter 1:13-14
Excerpted from: Teachings from TabernaclesPeter equates the human body to a tent—a temporary dwelling. The human body was not designed to be eternal. It is made of flesh and subject to entropy. It eventually wears out in the 70-80 year range. It serves its purpose, but this mortal life is not the ultimate in existence. That comes in the resurrection, if God chooses to grant immortality.
The tents the Israelites used during the wilderness journey were temporary dwellings, not only in the sense that they could be packed up and moved, but also in the sense that the animal skins they were made of would wear out and had to be replaced. When the Israelites then got into the land and built booths out of branches for the Feast, those, too, were not intended to be permanent.
So, even as we rejoice in remembrance of God’s work in our lives, we are also reminded of how fleeting is life. But this contemplation does not need to be depressing. Because of what we have already experienced with God, we can look forward to something even better when the time comes to put off this tent, as Peter puts it. This tent is quite suitable for the pilgrimage, for 7 or 8 days, but God has given us the expectation of putting on immortality and incorruption in the resurrection. Then, we will be permanent.
II Peter 1:13-14
Excerpted from: The Feasts of Tabernacles and Unleavened BreadWhen we get to the New Testament, the human body becomes one antitype of the temporary dwellings. For the purpose of this message, I will be leaning more on the temporary aspect than the permanent dwelling that Richard explained on the first day. As he said, we can still gain some insight from this symbolism. He went through the primary symbolism, so for today, we will look more at this secondary antitype.
Both Paul and Peter refer to their bodies as tents. They use this symbolism to describe the temporariness of human life (II Peter 1:13-14; II Corinthians 5:1, 4). Like dwellings of branches, our bodies are fearfully and wonderfully made. They are full of life at the start, but eventually they wear out because the physical creation has been subjected to futility.
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