The Bible For Normal People Episode 110: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Exodus (Part 6)
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Dec 2, 2019 AI Snips
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Tabernacle Historicity
- Scholars debate the tabernacle's historicity, questioning its elaborate structure and wilderness setting.
- Some believe it's a later projection of the temple, while others suggest a simpler portable sanctuary existed.
Two Tents
- Exodus mentions a second tent, the "tent of meeting," distinct from the tabernacle.
- This suggests two original tents with different functions, raising further historical questions about priestly editing.
Tabernacle as Microcosm
- The tabernacle symbolizes a microcosm of creation, an idealized world.
- It reflects the cosmos as God intended, a testimony to the Creator and a palace for the divine King.