đź©ş Our Body as a Tabernacle
The Tabernacle was layered:
1. Blue, purple, scarlet linen inside – glory, royalty, sacrifice.
2. Goat hair – sin offering covering.
3. Ram skins dyed red – blood and atonement.
4. Tachash skins outer layer – plain protection.
 Our Human Body is Layered Too:  •  Innermost (spirit) – pure, holy, where God dwells when we are born again.
  •  Soul (mind, will, emotions) – like the linen and goat hair, reflecting our thoughts and struggles.
  •  Blood (red) – gives life; “The life is in the blood.” (Leviticus 17:11)
  •  Skin (outer covering) – protects everything within. When you look at your veins, you see blue/purple hues beneath the skin. When you bleed, you see red.
 Spiritual Meaning:Just like the Tabernacle coverings protected God’s presence, our skin protects the divine life within us. And just as:
  •  The Tabernacle’s beauty was hidden inside,
  •  Our spiritual beauty is hidden within, only revealed when we let God’s Spirit shine through our human coverings.
 Deep Reflection:  •  Blue/purple under skin: Veins carry life-blood back to the heart. Spiritually, our connection to God flows under our earthly covering.
  •  Red blood: Sacrifice and life intertwined.
  •  Skin (outer tachash covering): Might appear plain, aged, or scarred, but it houses the Holy Spirit’s temple within.
Paul says it beautifully in 2 Corinthians 4:7:
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
Our bodies are like the Tabernacle coverings – fragile clay jars, outer skins, temporary tents (2 Corinthians 5:1) holding eternal glory inside