Biblical Mapping
with The Tabernacle of the Heavens
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God's speech about his purpose in Christ for people and his present creation, as always cohesive revelation [2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Pet 1:20-21], can be mapped in time and space within the parameters of the current tabernacle of the heavens [Heb 8:1-6]. Incohesive hearing of God's speech arises when heavenly truth is flattened and replaced either by escalated or isolated, earthly, religious elements that are disconnected truth from their heavenly reality. Errant claims about God's speech are often worked out on an earth-centric, spatial background-field with limited heavenly access for people. Further, these alternative religious assertions by false prophets, biblically so-called, fall under the rejected teaching of Babylon [Rev 17-18]. Since people cannot sense the realm of heaven contained in the descriptions of God's promises in Christ [1 Cor 2:6-16], God reveals the spatial way and life of heavenly truth through his Spirit by direct prophecy, analogy, and typology in outlines, shadows, parables, visions, antitypes, and images. These methods of revelation are developed in Mapping Section 4: First-century, Aion-Field [apocalyptic], Temple-of-the-Heavens Based, Background Revelation.
Chart numbers on the visual maps below provide links to sections of important conversation within the biblical narrative, which for complete hearing, must include God's response to sin by the devil. His sin necessitates God's construction of the present, dark, separated creation in a temporary temple of the heavens or kingdom of the heavens design in current levels of holiness of people and other creations across all visible and invisible creation [Eph 6:12; Col 1:13; Heb 2:14-15]. The interactive, numbered mapping sections also highlight the above listed forms of God's revelation about his will and purpose to bring people to himself in heaven by repentance of sin and faith in his provision of atonement for sin by himself as Christ.
One should begin study with Biblical Mapping Section 1: The Past and Present Ministry of Jesus as the Christ , as this mapping section provides the foundation necessary for biblical understanding of God's speech about the ministry of Christ in the true, unseen heavens [Heb 8:1-6]. Accurate hearing of God's speech understands that his goal for this creation features bringing people to himself into heaven at death and judgment by the ability of the Son as the Christ [1 Thess 2:20; Heb 9:27-28]. However, many false religious teachers claim that God is only coming here in a later delayed ministry to renew this world to edenic conditions, as they strive with one another over preeminence in power, lust, and worldly position [Matt 24:4-14]. This site attempts to explain the auditory differences as to why heavenly hope by faith in Jesus as the Christ is better [Phil 1:21-23; Heb 11:16].
This biblical mapping conversation, based on the foundation of the ministry of Christ, is written for both lay people and those theologically educated. Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek has either glosses or English translations to assist learning. Technical language material in scholarly publication usually is explained. Be aware that the theological or philosophical quotations of men carry very little weight in the conversation of this ministry in comparison to the actual hearing of God's speech in his Word. The attempt herein purposely aims to avoid the conversation and philosophical language traditions of men to focus mainly on proposed proper conversation from learning to hear the speech of God in his own words and concepts [Col 2:8]. Until a believer hears God's speech in God's ways, it really does not matter what another person says. For example, Jesus told each of the seven churches in Asia, of which five were told to "...repent...or else...," "...hear what the Spirit says to the churches" [Rev 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22]. Further, God corrected the errant focus on the building of tabernacles for worship at Jesus's transfiguration by stating, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!” [Matt 17:5]. Believers are often more focused on what other believers say or the material aspects of the needs/wants of meeting in assembly to feel-experience worship--than listening to God himself.
As a customary matter, PDF written scholarly papers linked for teaching here do interact with the views of people. Pay close attention to the footnotes for important clarification with claims of others but maintain overall focus on what God is saying more than what others are saying about God's Word. For other housekeeping regarding Hebrews, in PDF papers the word Auctor, as German for English "author," serves as shorthand for better glosses of either "the Pastor" or "the author of Hebrews." Further, if you navigate to a link to read suggested material, either the "Go Back!" button or your browser return arrow will restore to the previous window location.
