The Tabernacle

by Peter S. Ruckman

When Paul wrote Romans, most of the New Testament had not even been written. When Paul talks in Romans 15:4 about “whatsoever things which were written aforetime” being “written for our learning” and about “comfort of the scriptures,” he is talking about Genesis to Malachi. So, the Old Testament is written for the Christian’s learning.

When you enter the Tabernacle, you enter from east to west. The approach to God on the ground is east to west; the approach to God in the universe is south to north. On the ground, it’s east to west. When God drove Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, He drove them west to east. When Cain left the presence of the Lord, he went west to east. When Jacob backslid, he went west to east. When the Jews went into captivity, they went west to east. When God called the Jews out, he called them out east to west. When they came out of Egypt, he wouldn’t even let them come into the promised land south to north. After the incident at Kadesh-barnea, they had to go clear around Jordan and come in east to west. The approach to God is east to west.