III.　Christ, the incarnate God, coming as the embodiment of God (as illustrated by the tabernacle and the temple) so that man can contact Him and enter into Him to enjoy the riches contained in God -John 1:14; 2:21; 1:32:

A.　The experiences of Christ in John typified by the altar and laver in the outer court:

1.　Christ being the Lamb of God offered on the altar, signifying the cross, to take away the sin of the world—1:29.

2.　Christ being the reality of the bronze serpent (which caused man to have life) lifted up on the pole, which signifies the cross—3:14.

3.　The above points showing how Christ in His redemption was received by His believers that they might be delivered from sin, obtain life, and enter into Him as the embodiment of God, typified by the tabernacle, to enjoy all the riches that are in God.

4.　The foot-washing in John 13 being the reality of the washing of the laver in the outer court of the tabernacle to wash away the earthly defilement of those who draw near to God, so that their fellowship with God and with one another can be maintained—Titus 3:5; Eph. 5:26; Exo. 38:8.

B.　The experiences of Christ in John typified by the showbread table, the lampstand, and the incense altar in the Holy Place:

1.　In John 14 those who receive Christ being brought by Him into the Holy Place.

2.　To experience Him as the bread of life, signified by the bread of the Presence—6:35.

3.　To experience Him as the light of life, signified by the lampstand—8:12; 9:5.

4.　Being brought by Christ into the Holy of Holies to enter with Him into the deepest enjoyment of God and to enjoy the glory that God has given Him through the highest and most mysterious prayer, typified by the burning incense on the golden incense altar—17:22-24.

C.　The experience of Christ in John typified by the hidden manna in the golden pot in the ark in the Holy of Holies:

1.　The Son being in the Father, the Father being in the Son, and the Son being realized as the Spirit in our spirit for the universal, enlarged, divine-human incorporation of the consummated God with the regenerated believers—14: 16-20.

2.　The way to be incorporated into this incorporation for the mingling of divinity with humanity is by eating Christ as the hidden manna—Rev. 2:17; Heb. 9:4.