Foreshadow--Lesson 4--Why a Veil was Needed, and Then Not

Discussion Questions:

1. Are there times you have felt abandoned or forsaken by God? How does a study of the veil

in the Tabernacle/Temple help you to see beyond the sense of abandonment?

2. How is the question of whether Jesus was forsaken by God answered truthfully by both

“yes” and “no” responses? Explain how the answer is ultimately “NO”.

3. How is the veil a picture of sin? How was the veil protection? Why was the veil torn? What

does this indicate for the sin in your life?

4. What kind of boldness do you feel to enter the presence of God? What helps you

remember that you have the assurance to be confident in God’s presence?

5. The veil is a wonderful picture of the protection of God leading up to transformation and

new life. How do you display these things in the way you live in your daily circumstances?

Foreshadow--Lesson 3--The Future Displayed

Discussion Questions:

1. How does the Tabernacle and the story it tells provide you with direction and security?

What does it tell you about God that He would provide such a detailed and beautiful

witness to His plans for our future with Him?

2. Using the elements of the Tabernacle to answer, how does the Tabernacle demonstrate

what we need to do to have a right relationship with God?

3. How is the Tabernacle relevant for eternity? What does it mean to you that God uses a

Tabernacle in both the Old Testament and New Testament to show His desire to dwell

with us?

4. Of all the images of Jesus in the Tabernacle, what is your favorite, and why?

5. Seeing what the Tabernacle is about, how does the presence of God show in your life as

you become the place of His dwelling here in earth?

Foreshadow--Lesson 2--The Presence Offered

Discussion Questions:

1. How have you seen the fire and breath of God make a difference in your life? Who is

benefitting from what God is doing in your life?

2. What do you learn from the fact that God gave and then inhabited the Tabernacle after

these same Israelites made a golden calf and worshiped it? How does God’s desire to be

present in your life overcome whatever you have done?

3. Are there times you have treated God like an unused umbrella? Why do we often only

think of His presence during storms?

4. What surprises you about the way God removes His presence from Israel in the book of

Ezekiel? How does Jesus reversing these steps provide security and hope?

5. Would you describe your life as full of the presence of God? How about when we gather

together for worship? How do you see the presence of God in our midst?