![]() “Our fathers” refers to their Jewish ancestors who left Egypt, were under the cloud, passed through the sea, and, thus, were all baptized into a new life of freedom from slavery. In these verses Paul revisits some of the key experiences of God’s people in the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land. With this in mind, we can better understand what Paul was talking about in 1 Corinthians 10. The point is that the earthly sanctuary, with all its rituals and procedures, were “examples,” symbols, models of what is going on in heaven, with Jesus as our High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. This passage in Hebrews highlights the direct link between heavenly and earthly realities, and then it quotes Exodus 25:9, where God told Moses to build the wilderness sanctuary “according to … the pattern” that he had seen on the mountain. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, ‘See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain’” (ESV). Hebrews 8:5 offers a good example of this kind of relationship: “They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. A type (or example) is never the original but some kind of symbol or representation of it. In English the word type is based on this Greek noun. The Greek term used in 1 Corinthians 10:6 (and also adapted in a similar form in 1 Corinthians 10:11), translated as “example” in most English translations, is typos. What did Paul want to communicate to his readers in Corinth when he referred to “examples”? Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, September 11. Hebrews 4 helps us discover one of these realities as it relates to the biblical question of rest. ![]() Scripture itself is full of miniature models of activities and institutions that all point to larger, heavenly realities. Rather, it is there to help people better understand what the original is all about. A model helps us grasp the essence of the original, but it can never replace it. They are not the original but function only as symbols of the originals. In the end, though, it is still just that: a copy, a model, a representation of something grander, bigger, deeper, and much more intricate than the model itself. It is an amazingly intricate and detailed copy of the original. It has been updated to the 1990s and does not reflect the 2021 cityscape. It was originally completed in 1964 by 100 craftsmen who had worked for more than three years to complete the project. On a scale of 1:1,200 (where 2.5 centimeters or 1 inch corresponds to 33 meters or 100 feet) it covers nearly 870 square meters (9,335 square feet). The Queens Museum of Art in New York, United States, houses the world’s largest architectural model of a city, depicting all of the buildings of New York. Memory Text: “Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did” ( 1 Cor. Lesson 11 September 4-10 Longing for More
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