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The Tabernacle at Shiloh—A Promise, Person, Place & Parable

Local schoolchildren ate their lunches across the olive grove from my wife and me.

Like the kids, we came on a field trip to explore ancient Shiloh. Although our lunch was hardly a feast, it reminded me of the reasons the young nation of Israel initially came to this site. They came to worship at the annual feasts before the Tabernacle at Shiloh.

Shiloh area of tabernacle tb051808076 The Tabernacle at Shiloh—A Promise, Person, Place & Parable

(Photo: Area of the Tabernacle at Shiloh. Courtesy of Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)

Ask most Americans where Shiloh is, and you’ll likely get a blank stare.

  • Historians may point to a Civil War battle in Hardin County, Tennessee.
  • Music buffs may start singing the chorus to a Neil Diamond song.

But question someone who knows his or her Bible, and Shiloh means something far more significant.

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What’s for Now and What’s for Later [Podcast]

Mark 8:34-9:13

The cross reveals our expectations. How do you respond to the harsh reality of self-sacrifice? Jesus said: “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” When you hear those words, don’t you too want to run after your own ambitions? Isn’t it interesting that deep down we all know the crucial issue in our turning to God is the need to surrender our will.

Will you make it your passion to live for Christ now, knowing you will live with Christ later?

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