God wants to live amongst His people. He commanded Moses to make the tabernacle so that He could tabernacle in the midst of the community of the Hebrews, the children of Israel.

God's desire, repeated throughout Scripture, is that "they will be my people and I will be their God"

The tabernacle may be seen as a symbol of the human being, the outer court is the body, the inner court, the holy place, is the soul, made up of our emotions, our will and our minds, and the holy of holies beyond the curtain is our heart. God says he will write His law in our hearts.

In the Holy of Holies, in our heart, when we want to meet with God, he will fill us with his presence as with living water and from our hearts will flow this living water towards others. It is the living water of love which heals and restores and tenderly cares for and protects and does all good things on this earth.