Contingency

 The Sanctuary.

Why is the sanctuary STILL important? 

1st Heavenly Sanctuary

2nd Earthly Sanctuary

3rd Return to the Heavenly Sanctuary

The above is the progression of the Sanctuary's existence. We don’t know when the Heavenly Sanctuary came into being, however I'd like to propose a theory. 

1Co_2:7  But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory

2Ti_1:9  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began

Tit_1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began

Before the world.

Before the world began.

A contingency plan was put into place before the creation of the world, and mankind. The world was created for mankind, and mankind created for the pleasure  of God.

Because our uniqueness as being created in the image of God, God was taking a unique chance with us… one we still can't fully comprehend. Our unique creation called for a plan to be put into place should we take our God given power of choice and abuse it. The only other course of action would have been instant extermination and God, being love, could not take that path. The plan of salvation called for the creation of the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary - a place where God dwells.  The sanctuary -a revelator of God.

When Moses was given the plan for a sanctuary clearly all things pointed towards the work of reconciliation of man with God. Man was given a visual, physical symbolic structure to interact with God. The structure symbolized the ultimate reconciliation pointing towards the promised Savior.

I propose that the sanctuary was created along with the contingency plan for mankind's existence- before the world began.

More tomorrow by the grace of God.