Picture the tabernacle of olden time
Standing in the hills of Palestine
From afar an odd sight seen
As is holiness to the unredeemed
Built according to God's own plan
Every inch a message to man
Revealing more than we yet conceive
Symbolic truths for us who believe
It stood in the wilderness apart
As God does in the redeemed heart
Leading Israel both night and day
Just as Jesus lights our way
Come, enter the outer court with me
The bloody alter is the first we see
Priests sacrificed there day after day
Hoping God would take all sin away
We also enter into salvation's tent
When, we at the cross our sins repent
The blood of Jesus, God's lamb slain
Frees us from all our guilt and blame
A little further, the brazen laver stands
To wash the blood from the priest's hands
Now the water of the Word purifies
When we apply it to our lives
Before us now is the door; let us enter in
Into the Holy Place roofed over with skin
Illumined by seven lamps burning bright
A picture of God's eternal light
Golden lamp stand, Holy spirit in man
Ever shining in a sin darkened land
The table of twelve loaves on the other side
Represents the Hebrew people, every tribe
The twelve tribes of Jews, God's children all
Jesus chose twelve disciples plus Paul
Jesus is the bread of life forevermore
He leads the way, He is the only door
Next, smelling sweet in the morning air
The alter of incense, showing priestly prayer
Heaven-bound prayers, as smoke to the sky
Jesus is the sweet incense, He is our joyful cry
He is our priest waving our censure of tears
Jesus opens our eyes and unstops our ears,
He, Who to Father for us intercedes,
Reads our hearts and meets our needs
Come with me deeper, deeper still
Jesus on the cross forever rent the veil
He is The Way into the Father's throne
We are chosen to become His very own
The Holy of Holies is filled with God's glory
The mercy seat tells the wondrous story
Redeemed by the blood of Jesus, The Lamb
Fearing God, in His Presence we stand
The ark of the covenant here as in heaven
Holiness reigns, gone is all leaven
Glory, indescribly pure and bright
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, the Light.
amen
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