Kusho ukuthini itabernakele

Itabernakele ogwadule laliyindawo ephathekayo yokukhulekelwa uNkulunkulu ayala ama-Israyeli ukuba ayakhe ngemuva kokuwasindisa ebugqilini baseGibhithe. Yasetshenziswa unyaka owodwa ngemuva kokuwela uLwandle Olubomvu kuze kube yilapho iNkosi uSolomoni yakha ithempeli lokuqala eJerusalema, isikhathi seminyaka engama-400.

Izinkomba zeTabernakele elisebhayibhelini
U-Eksodusi 25-27, 35-40; Levitikusi 8:10, 17: 4; Amanani 1, 3-7, 9-10, 16: 9, 19: 13, 31:30, 31: 47; Joshuwa 22; 1 IziKronike 6: 32, 6: 48, 16: 39, 21: 29, 23: 36; 2 IziKronike 1: 5; AmaHubo 27: 5-6; 78:60; Izenzo 7: 44-45; Heberu 8: 2, 8: 5, 9: 2, 9: 8, 9:11, 9:21, 13:10; Isambulo 15: 5.

Itende lokuhlangana
ITabernakele lisho "indawo yokuhlangana" noma "itende lokuhlangana", ngoba kwakuyindawo uNkulunkulu abehlala kuyo phakathi kwabantu bakhe emhlabeni. Amanye amagama eBhayibhelini etendeni lokuhlangana yitabernakele lebandla, itabernakele eliwugwadule, itabernakele lobufakazi, itende lobufakazi, itabernakele likaMose.

Ngenkathi eseNtabeni iSinayi, uMose wathola imiyalo enemininingwane evela kuNkulunkulu yokuthi itabernakele nezinto zalo zonke zazakhiwa kanjani. Abantu banikela ngokuzithandela ngezinto ezahlukahlukene ezithweni zokutholwa ezatholwa abaseGibhithe.

Indawo eyakhiwa itabernakele
Yonke indawo eyakhiwe ngamamitha angama-75 ngetabernakele elingamamitha ayi-150 ivalwe uthango lwamakhethini welineni elinamathiselwe ezigxotsheni futhi lafakwa emhlabathini ngezintambo nangezibonda. Ngaphambili kwakukhona isango legceke elibanzi elingamamitha angama-30, elenziwe ngombala onsomi nokubomvu okwenziwe ngelineni elisontiwe.

Igceke
Lapho ngaphakathi egcekeni, umkhulekeli wayeyobona i-altare lethusi, noma i-altare lokucekelwa phansi, lapho kunikelwa khona imihlatshelo yezilwane. Kude kude kwakukhona umcengezi wethusi noma ubheshi, lapho abapristi babehlanza khona imikhosi yokugeza izandla nezinyawo.

Ngasemuva kwesakhiwo kwakukhona itende letabernakele uqobo, isakhiwo esingamamitha ayi-15 esenziwe ngesikebhe sokhuni lomtholo olumbozwe ngegolide, sabe sesimbozwa izingqimba zoboya bezimbuzi, isikhumba sezimvu obomvu nezikhumba zezimbuzi. Abahumushi abavumelani kwekhava ephezulu: izikhumba zamabheji (i-KJV), izikhumba zenkomo yolwandle (NIV), ihlengethwa noma izikhumba ze-porpoise (AMP). Umnyango wetende wenziwe ngesibuko sendwangu eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, onsomi nokubomvu okwenziwe ngelineni elicolekileyo elisontiwe. Isicabha besihlala sibheke empumalanga.

Indawo engcwele
Igumbi elingaphambili eli-15 elinezinyawo ezingama-30, noma indawo engcwele, lalinetafula elinezinkwa zokubukwa, elibizwa nangokuthi isinkwa semvu noma isinkwa sokubakhona. Phambili kwakukhona i-candelabrum noma i-menorah, eyenziwe ngamthi wom-alimondi. Izingalo zalo eziyisikhombisa zagawulwa ngesando segolide. Ekupheleni kwalelo gumbi kwakune-altare lempepho.

Igumbi elangemuva elingamamitha ayi-15 laliyindawo engcwelengcwele, noma ungcwele wabangcwele, lapho umpristi ophakeme kuphela ayengaya khona, kanye ngonyaka ngosuku lokubuyisana. Ukwehlukanisa lawo makamelo amabili kwakuyisembozo esenziwe ngemisonto eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, onsomi nokubomvu nelineni elicolekileyo. Izithombe zamakherubi noma zezingelosi zazifakelwe kulelo tende. Kulelo gumbi elingcwele kwakukhona into eyodwa kuphela, umphongolo wesivumelwano.

Umphongolo wawubhokisi lwamapulangwe olumbozwe ngegolide, olunezithombe ezibunjiweyo zamakherubi amabili abheke phezulu, amaphiko ethinta omunye nomunye. Isembozo, noma isihlalo somusa, kulapho uNkulunkulu ahlangana khona nabantu bakhe. Ngaphakathi komkhumbi kwakukhona izibhebhe zeMiyalo Eyishumi, imbiza yemana nenduku yesihlahla ka-alimondi.

Itabernakele lonke lathatha izinyanga eziyisikhombisa ukuqeda, kwathi lapho seliqediwe, ifu nezinsika zomlilo - ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu - behlela kuwo.

Itabernakele elithandekayo
Lapho ama-Israyeli ekanisa ogwadule, itabernakele lalikhona enkabeni yekamu, nezizwe eziyi-12 zikanise nxazonke zalo. Ngesikhathi sokusetshenziswa kwayo, itabernakele lashukunyiswa kaningana. Yonke into yayingagcwele izinkomo lapho abantu behamba, kepha umphongolo wesivumelwano wawuphethwe ngesandla nguLeviti.

Uhambo lwetabernakele lwaqala eSinayi, lwabe seluhlala iminyaka engama-35 eKadeshi. Ngemuva kwekutsi Joshuwa kanye nemaJuda bawele uMfula iJordani baye eLizweni Lesithembiso, itabernakele lahlala eGiligali iminyaka lesikhombisa. Umuzi wakhe olandelayo wawunguShilo, lapho ahlala khona kuze kube isikhathi sabahluleli. Yasungulwa kamuva eNobi naseGibeyoni. INkosi uDavida yahlela ukuba kwakhiwe itabernakele eJerusalema futhi yenza ukuba uPerez-uzza athwale umkhumbi, lapho.

Okushiwo itabernakele
Itabernakele nazo zonke izinto zalo zazinencazelo engokomfanekiso. Sekukonke, itabernakele laliwukugcotshwa kwetabernakele elifanele, uJesu Kristu, ongu-Emmanuel, "uNkulunkulu unathi". IBhayibheli libonisa njalo uMesiya olandelayo, owagcwalisa uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu lothando lokusindiswa komhlaba:

SinoMpristi Ophakeme owayehlala endaweni yokuhlonipha eceleni kwesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu obabazekayo ezulwini. Lapho, wakhonza eTabernakele lasezulwini, okuyindawo yokukhonza eyakhiwe yiNkosi hhayi ngezandla zabantu.
Futhi ngoba wonke umpristi ophakeme ubophekile ukunikela ngezipho nemihlatshelo ... Bakhonza ohlelweni lokukhonza olungumbhalo kuphela, isithunzi salowo uqobo ezulwini ...
Kepha manje uJesu, umPristi wethu Ophakeme, uthole inkonzo ephakeme kakhulu kunobuphristi obudala, ngoba uyena osilamulela isivumelwano esingcono kakhulu noNkulunkulu, esekwe ezithembisweni ezingcono. (Heberu 8: 1-6, NLT)
Namuhla uNkulunkulu uyaqhubeka nokuphila phakathi kwabantu bakhe kodwa ngendlela esondele kakhulu. Ngemuva kokukhuphuka kukaJesu ezulwini, wathumela uMoya oNgcwele ukuthi uhlale ngaphakathi kumkristu ngamunye.