Why do we need to study the Tabernacle?

For one thing, it's the single most discussed topic in the Bible. Of course the Bible is first and foremost about the person and work of Jesus Christ - that's a given. But within that, the Tabernacle with its structure and design, furnishings, sacrifices, and priesthood is the single most discussed topic is the single most discuss topic in the Bible. And depending on how you want to count, there are some 50 chapters devoted to its construction and operation. So if God placed so much emphasis on it, then it only stands to reason that we should. But unfortunately, we do not - often treating it as a novelty instead of a teaching tool.

The question as to whether or not a Christian can lose their salvation has been debated for centuries.  And its raged for so long that as soon as you make one comment that seems to agree with one side or the other, you're immediately branded and pigeonholed as being a Calvinist or an Arminian (as if these are the only two choices).

As unpleasant as it is, God's people need to be protected from everything that is false. From Acts 20, the Apostle Paul had this to say:

²⁸Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. ²⁹For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. ³¹Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Seldom does anything  

Do you ever get tired of listening to preachers beg for money?  But are afraid to say anything because even though something doesn't seem quite right, you can't figure out what's bothering you?

Or have you bought into the "prosperity...name it and claim it... blab it grab it gospel" where you're told that so long as you have enough faith that God wants to make you healthy, wealthy, and wise?

Or, are you one of those that believe that since we're no longer under the Law, that tithing isn't for today?

If you're any of these or anything in the middle, this series of lessons is for you. These lessons are indeed "GameChangers."

The stories of the Bible are there first and foremost to teach us about the person and work of Jesus Christ.  But in doing so, God often used man and his experiences to reveal this to us.  So in working through man, God has revealed his truths to us.