The Tabernacle represents the human being in all its detail.

The ark, made of shittim (acacia) wood, overlaid within and without with gold, represents the human heart, where the law of God will be written in our hearts. This is the most holy place, the holiest of holies, where God meets with us by His Holy Spirit. The mercy-seat is placed on top of the ark, for though our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart (I John 3:20) and His mercy and loving-kindness protects us, who give our lives to Him, from the judgement that leads to death. The cherubs with their wings covering the ark, are the covering spiritual beings who guard over our heart in the presence of God. God desires our heart to be the throne where he is enthroned.

The table on which the bread of the presence is to be put before God continually, represents our stre ...