From when Israel left Egypt, it was a journey to the Promised Land, the place of rest. A number of them didn’t make it, but died in their rebellion, non belief, and disobedience including Moses.
Verse 2 tells us that during this time the Lord set up an order:
- Israel was his dominion.
- Judah was His Sanctuary. The Sanctuary was where the Lord entered when He came into the earthly realm. Note that whilst Judah was part of Israel they were a special tribe. Ps.78:68 “He chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount of Zion which He loved, v69, and He built His Sanctuary like high places, like the earth which He established forever”. The earth will never be destroyed, only its rudiments. It shall be restored as the Garden of Eden, and become His Sanctuary, but this is another teaching.
Now Israel is a type of the 2000 year church day which is His dominion on the earth. It represents Him to the world. The true church is His rule, His Word to the nations of the world. Judah is a type of the Sons of God, a tribe within the church who are His Sanctuary.
Only Once & Only Once did He ever forsake His Glory to come and stand on the earth in His dealings with earth and man. He did this according to Phil.2. when He came to die for the sin of the world. (the “kenosis emptying”). He will never again divest Himself of His Glory to come to the earthly realm as it is now. Therefore any visitation to this planet must not be at the expense of his personal Glory. Now, this is where Judah/the Sons come in. His Sons become His Sanctuary; therefore He can fill them with His Glory (His Divine Nature), and visit the earth through them and not personally touch the fallen earthly realm. You see Jesus is exalted above the earthly realm which is temporarily fallen, and He will not, and cannot enter it yet. The only place that He can appear is in The Most holy place as He did in Moses tabernacle (Ps. 78:69 calls it the Sanctuary).
His Elect become His Sanctuary as the Tribe of Judah (lit. “praise”). They are the Manchild Company of Rev.12 who has been changed into the image of His Divine Nature, and therefore He can appear in them with His Glory in the earth. This is what is to happen on the Day of The Lord. He cannot come as a man and walk on the earth, as no mortal man can look on Him and live. If Jesus were to return to the lower earthly realm in physical form the Adamic humanity would die. However He can appear in His Sanctuary, the Sons of God, in whom His Light will shine as it did in Moses. The Sons of God are the seed of their father David, descendants of the Tribe of Judah. He can only abide in this Sanctuary. The Sons of God take on the King/Priest Melchisedec ministry as Kings and priests unto their God.
His Glory will not kill His Sons as they will have been made perfect. Their Adamic nature will be burnt out of them. They will have no spot or blemish and possess Jesus immortal Divine Nature. There is a company of people on this earth in 2003 who have heard the call to the Feast of Tabernacles, are in the process of being changed from human to Divine, and who will bear His Glory in the 1000 year Kingdom Day on this earth. They are His Sanctuary, which He has been making ready.
They will not be found in the religious system. They are chosen as the Tribe of Judah. They are in the womb of their mother the church who was impregnated by The Holy Ghost, and this child within her was formed. It is “the many membered company of the Sons of God”. They take on identity with Melchisedec. See Hebrews7:3 “without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abides a priest continually”. In Heb.6:20, Jesus Himself is a high priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.
As in Moses, David and Solomon, the Sanctuary/Temple had to be made ready before the ark of His Presence could be placed within. Solomon’s Temple is the type of the Sons of God which Jesus is building for His own Name’s sake.
ALL GLORY TO JESUS
LARRY WILSON
