God wants to dwell with His people.

In the Garden of Eden

The Tabernacle in the Desert

"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned…"

- Romans 5:12, NKJV

Sin was imputed to Jesus.

"saying, 'Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.'"

- Luke 22:42, NKJV

"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."

- 2 Corinthians 5:21, NKJV

Mary saw the real Ark.

"But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain."

- John 20:11-12, NKJV

Jesus presented the sacrifice to the Father.

"Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God."

- John 20:17, NKJV

Jesus: the True and Better Tabernacle

"But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption."

- Hebrews 9:11-12, NKJV

God's presence with His People is restored through Jesus.

"'This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,' then He adds, 'Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.'"

- Hebrews 10:16-17, NKJV