Tent

OK, Grove, Headstone Symbols and Meanings, Tent

TENT -  In the Holy Bible a tent was the original tabernacle of God a place of worship, a sacred place.  That to dwell in tents signifies what is Holy of love, is evident from the signification of tents in the Holy Bible.

  • (KJV Psalms 15:1-2) - Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?  (2) He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
  • (KJV Isaiah 33:20) -   Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
  • (KJV Numbers 24:5) - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

The tent is also a symbol in the Holy Bible of our earthly flesh:

  • (KJV 2 Cor 5:1-2) - 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:

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