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Is the sanctuary in Daniel 8:11-14 the earthly or heavenly sanctuary? Examine: the 3ms suffix on miqdasho, the mekon (H4349) vocabulary, the sar-ha-tsaba identity, and whether the horn's actions can reach the heavenly realm. How does Hebrews 8:1-2 inform this question?

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TABERNACLE

  • One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai (Exo 33:7-11)
  • The one instituted by Moses was called:
  • SANCTUARY (Exo 25:8)
  • TABERNACLE / TENT OF MEETING (Exo 27:21)
  • OF TESTIMONY (Exo 38:21; Num 1:50)
  • TEMPLE OF THE LORD (1 Sam 1:9; 3:3)
  • HOUSE OF THE LORD (Jos 6:24)
  • Pattern of, revealed to Moses (Exo 25:9; 26:30; 39:32,42,43; Act 7:44; Heb 8:5)
  • Materials voluntarily offered (Exo 25:1-8; 35:4-29; 36:3-7)
  • Description: frame (Exo 26:15-37), outer covering (Exo 25:5; 26:7-14), curtains (Exo 26:1-14,31-37)
  • The Holy Place (Exo 26:31-37; 40:22-26; Heb 9:2-6,8)
  • The Most Holy Place (Exo 26:33-35; 40:20,21; Heb 9:3-5,7,8)
  • Filled with the cloud of glory (Exo 40:34-38)
  • Defilement of, punished (Lev 15:31; Num 19:13,20; Eze 5:11; 23:38)
  • Symbol of spiritual things (Psa 15:1; Heb 8:2,5; 9:1-12,24)

SANCTUARY

  • The Holy of Holies (Heb 9:2)
  • Divine dwelling place (Exo 25:8)
  • Reverence for (Lev 19:30; 26:2)
  • In the charge of high priest (Exo 27:21; Lev 24:3; Num 18:5)
  • The Holy Place in the temple (Lam 2:7,20; Eze 42:20)
  • FIGURATIVE (Eze 11:16)
  • Symbolical (Heb 8:2,5)

TEMPLE (Solomon's — selected entries)

  • Also called: TEMPLE OF THE LORD (2 Ki 11:10), HOLY TEMPLE (Psa 79:1), HOUSE OF GOD (1 Chr 29:2; 2 Chr 23:9), HOUSE OF THE LORD (2 Chr 23:5,12; Jer 28:5), HOUSE OF PRAYER (Isa 56:7; Mat 21:13), SANCTUARY (2 Chr 20:8)
  • Holiness of (1 Ki 8:10; 9:3; Lam 1:10; Mat 23:17; Jhn 2:14-16)
  • David undertakes the building of (2 Sam 7:2,3; 1 Chr 22:7; 28:2; Psa 132:2-5; Act 7:46)
  • Built by Solomon (Act 7:47)
  • Pattern and building of (1 Ki 6; 7:13-51; 1 Chr 28:11-19; 2 Chr 3; 4; Act 7:47)
  • Site of (1 Chr 21:28-30; 22:1; 2 Chr 3:1) — where Abraham offered Isaac (Gen 22:2,4)
  • The oracle (Holy of Holies): 1 Ki 6:19,20; 8:6; called THE MOST HOLY HOUSE (2 Chr 3:8), THE INNER HOUSE (1 Ki 6:27), THE HOLIEST OF ALL (Heb 9:3)
  • The holy place: 1 Ki 8:8,10; called THE GREATER HOUSE (2 Chr 3:5)
  • Destruction of: by Nebuchadnezzar (2 Ki 25:9-17), by Romans (Mat 24:2; Luk 21:6)

HEAVEN (selected entries relevant to sanctuary)

  • God's dwelling place: Deu 26:15; 1 Ki 8:30,39,43,49; 2 Chr 6:18,21,27,30,33,35,39
  • God's throne: Psa 2:4; 11:4; 33:13; 102:19; 103:19; 113:5; 123:1
  • God dwells in: Isa 57:15; 63:15; 66:1; Jer 23:24
  • Temple in heaven: Heb 8:1; Rev 8:1; 11:19; 15:5-8; 21:22-27

CAPTAIN / PRINCE OF THE HOST

  • Jos 5:14 — "as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come"
  • Heb 2:10 — "captain of their salvation"
  • 2 Chr 13:12 — "God himself is with us for our captain"
  • Dan 8:11 — "prince of the host"
  • Dan 8:25 — "Prince of princes"
  • Dan 10:13,21; 12:1 — Michael, "your prince," "the great prince"

HORN (selected prophetic entries)

  • Dan 7:7-24 — ten horns of the fourth beast, little horn
  • Dan 8:3-9,20 — ram's two horns (Media-Persia), goat's great horn (Greece), little horn
  • Rev 5:6; 12:3; 13:1,11; 17:3-16 — horns in Revelation symbolism
  • Zec 1:18-21 — four horns scattering Judah

DEFILEMENT (selected sanctuary entries)

  • Lev 15:31 — "separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle"
  • Num 19:13,20 — "defileth the tabernacle of the LORD" / "defiled the sanctuary of the LORD" (at-a-distance ambient defilement)
  • Eze 5:11 — "thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things"
  • Eze 23:38 — "they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day"

PRIEST (selected Hebrews entries)

  • Heb 5:1-3 — "every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God"
  • Heb 7:21 — "The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec"
  • Heb 8:2,5 — "minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle" / "serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things"
  • Heb 9:6,7 — priests in the first tabernacle / high priest alone into the second once a year
  • Heb 10:11 — "every priest standeth daily ministering"
  • CONSECRATION: Psa 51:17; Rom 6:13,16,19; 12:1
  • CHURCH (as temple): 1 Cor 3:16-17; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:21; 2 Thess 2:4; Rev 3:12
  • HOUSE OF GOD: Overlaps extensively with TEMPLE and TABERNACLE entries