TOS083: The Tabernacle of the Lord

The Tabernacle of the Lord with host Patti Brunner takes a distinctive gaze at tabernacles in Catholic Churches, the Mosaic tabernacle of the Old Testament and the tabernacle of the heart of the baptized. When the Spirit resides within you, and Jesus whispers His Words into your heart and mind, joy also takes place among the angels who stand near his Presence in your heart. They know that this is why Jesus suffered such a humiliating and painful death—so that in freedom from sin, you might be a tabernacle of the Most High God. The tabernacle of Moses in the desert was a foreshadowing of the joy that now takes place not in the desert tent but everywhere that the people of God dwell. The ‘real’ tabernacle comes down from heaven; it is Jesus, true God true Man. For the first time Man was truly able to have the Holy Spirit within him. The tabernacle of the Lord is set before all men as a reminder of God’s covenant with you. He said, “I will be your God and you will be my people”. When we come before a tabernacle in a Catholic Church we can gaze upon the place that solidifies heaven on earth -- the Creator among the created. The first tabernacle was like a mobile sanctuary that traveled with the Israelites as they wandered 40 years in the desert with Moses. The word tabernacle means tent. In the bible, God made his presence known in the Holy of Holies where the Ark of the Covenant was housed. As baptized and confirmed pure vessels, we too were created to be tabernacles of the Real Presence of God.