"While the first Tabernacle was still standing" This phrase is pregnant with meaning… it is a phrase that allows for some false understanding, and there has been much. It is a phrase that allows some room for thought, and there SHOULD be much… It is a phrase that should remind us that the OLD was never to be permanent, that it was passing away and was always to be superseded by the glory of the gospel… but at the same time, it had value then, and it has value NOW as it provides the context we need to rightly see, understand and LOVE Jesus for all He came to do! While it needed to be removed, it also was good for us that it was there for us to see…