I.　The tabernacle in the Old Testament typifying both Christ as an individual person and the church as a corporate dwelling place of God:

A.　Typifying the individual Christ, the Head—John 1:14.

B.　Typifying the corporate Christ, the Body, which consummates in the New Jerusalem—l Cor. 12:12:

1.　The reproduction, increase, enlargement, continuation, extension., and duplication of Christ.

2.　Christ being the tabernacle, the church as the enlargement of Christ being the enlarged tabernacle, and the New Jerusalem as the enlargement of the church being the consummate tabernacle.

3.　God's building being the goal of God's economy—the universal incorporation of the union and mingling of divinity with humanity—Rev. 21:2-3, 22.

C.　The tabernacle being a sign of the universal incorporation.

D.　The tabernacle and the temple being regarded as one dwelling place—1 Kings 6:2, 20; 8:3-4, 6; Exo. 26:15-16, 18, 20, 22; John 1:14; 2:19.

II.　The mingling of divinity with humanity:

A.　The ark of acacia wood overlaid with gold signifying Christ as the mingling of divinity with humanity—Exo. 25:10-11:

1.　Acacia wood signifying Christ's humanity, strong in character and high in standard—the basic substance for expressing God.

2.　Gold, signifying Christ's divinity, which is eternally unchanging.

3.　The acacia wood being overlaid with gold both inside and outside:

a.　Signifying the divine nature mingled with the human nature - God and man becoming one.

b.　Signifying that the divine nature penetrates the human nature and rests on the human nature so that the divine nature may be expressed through the human nature.

c.　Signifying that Christ is one person with two natures, the divine nature and the human nature—the God-man who is the complete God and a perfect man.

B.　The tabernacle's boards of acacia wood overlaid with gold signifying the believers built together to be the dwelling place of God as the enlargement and expansion of Christ, the enlarged and expanded mingling of divinity with humanity—Exo. 26:15-30; Eph. 2:22:

1.　The boards, which are the same as the ark in substance, being the extension and enlargement of the ark.

2.　Through regeneration the believers becoming acacia wood overlaid with gold:

a.　Acacia wood signifying that the regenerated and uplifted humanity of the new creation in Christ is the basic material, strong for standing.

b.　The gold of the tabernacle overlaying the acacia wood signifying that the divine nature has become one with our human nature to be the expression of God and that the manifestation of the divine nature depends on the transformed human nature.

3.　The corner boards being doubled signifying that whenever there is a turn in the Lord's move, there is the need of doubling, strengthening, and reinforcing—Exo. 26:24.

4.　The sockets of silver signifying the solid redemption of Christ as the base of our standing in God's building—Exo. 26:19; 38:27.

5.　The three golden rings on each board signifying the Spirit of the Triune God in resurrection—Exo. 26:29; Eph. 1:13-14.

6.　The bars made of acacia wood overlaid with gold signifying the initial Spirit becoming the uniting Spirit—Exo. 26:26, 29; Eph. 4:3.

7.　The church as God's tabernacle today having the silver sockets and a golden expression:

a.　Standing on the silver of Christ's redemptive work and being one in the gold of Christ's divinity.

b.　Standing on Christ's redemption and expressing Christ's person.