Tabernacles (Methodist)
The Tabernacle (משכן), or Tent of the Convocation ( Heb. אוהל מועד) according to the Book of Exodus, was a movable tent and worship facility used by the Israelites. Tabernacle may also refer to: Generic religious terms * Church tabernacle, a small cupboard, chest, or cabinet in which the consecrated hosts are kept * Tabernacle (Methodist), the centre of a camp meeting * Tabernacle (LDS Church), a multipurpose building used for worship and as a community center by Mormons. * Tabernacle societies, lay Eucharistic Adorative associations within Roman Catholic parishes, principally in America and Australia * Tabernacle, a name for a local church (other) * Tin tabernacle, common name for church and related buildings made of corrugated iron * Aedicula or tabernacle, a nook or frame intended for a tabernacle shrine * The biblical Jewish holiday named Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles. Particular religious buildings Israel * Temple in Jerusalem, the successor ...
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Tabernacle
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle ( he, מִשְׁכַּן, mīškān, residence, dwelling place), also known as the Tent of the Congregation ( he, link=no, אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, ’ōhel mō‘ēḏ, also Tent of Meeting, etc.), was the portable earthly dwelling place of Yahweh (the God of Israel) used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan. Moses was instructed at Mount Sinai to construct and transport the tabernacle with the Israelites on their journey through the wilderness and their subsequent conquest of the Promised Land. After 440 years, Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem superseded it as the dwelling-place of God. The main source describing the tabernacle is the biblical Book of Exodus, specifically Exodus 25–31 and 35–40. Those passages describe an inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, created by the veil suspended by four pillars. This sanctuary contained the Ark of the Covenant, with its cherubim-covered mercy seat. An outer sanct ...
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