INTRODUCTION

A man’s body is the house in which his soul and his spirit dwell. As this dwelling is merely temporary, the scripture likens it to a tabernacle (2 Corinthians 5:1-4 [1] For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. [2] For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: [3] If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. [4] For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
See All...; 2 Peter 1:13-14 [13] Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; [14] Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
See All...). It is nothing more than a temporary shell in which a man lives while in this world, much like the tabernacle the Israelites pitched while in the wilderness. When Peter spoke of death, he suggested that it was merely putting off his tabernacle. One day soon, each man, woman, boy, or girl will put off his or her tabernacle and go somewhere (heaven or hell) to dwell for eternity. The question each individual must answer is where he will be when he puts off his tabernacle.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) Earthly buildings are temporary. When Jesus spoke of His death, He called His earthly body a temple that could be destroyed. But since He is God, He had power to raise it up. This confused His enemies (John 2:19-21 [19] Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. [20] Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? [21] But he spake of the temple of his body.
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• Read 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  See All.... What does the Bible say will happen to the saved when their "earthly house of this tabernacle" is dissolved?
• How does the Bible describe death for the saved person? Does it make it seem fearful and difficult? How is the biblical perception quite different from the common perception of man?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord for strength to serve Him while in this tabernacle.
• Ask God to prepare you for the day you put off your tabernacle.

HYMN

Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy

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