希伯來書9:1-10

9:1 原來前約有禮拜的條例和屬世界的聖幕。
9:2 因為有預備的帳幕，頭一層叫作聖所，裡面有燈臺、桌子，和陳設餅。
9:3 第二幔子後又有一層帳幕，叫作至聖所，
9:4 有金香爐（爐：或譯壇），有包金的約櫃，櫃裡有盛嗎哪的金罐和亞倫發過芽的杖，並兩塊約版；
9:5 櫃上面有榮耀基路伯的影罩著施恩（施恩：原文是蔽罪）座。這幾件我現在不能一一細說。
9:6 這些物件既如此預備齊了，眾祭司就常進頭一層帳幕，行拜上帝的禮。
9:7 至於第二層帳幕，惟有大祭司一年一次獨自進去，沒有不帶著血為自己和百姓的過錯獻上。
9:8 聖靈用此指明，頭一層帳幕仍存的時候，進入至聖所的路還未顯明。
9:9 那頭一層帳幕作現今的一個表樣，所獻的禮物和祭物，就著良心說，都不能叫禮拜的人得以完全。
9:10 這些事，連那飲食和諸般洗濯的規矩，都不過是屬肉體的條例，命定到振興的時候為止。

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. ² A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. ³ Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, ⁴ which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. ⁵ Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

⁶ When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. ⁷ But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. ⁸ The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. ⁹ This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. ¹⁰ They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

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    舊約的會幕是照著天上的樣式呈現在地上，意思就是說「可見」是「不能見」的影子，是為了顧及人的軟弱所設立的，因為人無法直接靠著那「不能見」的，人總需要那能見的，尤其是基督耶穌尚未來的時候，大家不知那能見的意義為何，就需要那可見的。

    但是今天基督已經來了，真正的獻祭也發生、也顯明了，也因為基督已經完成了，所以會幕與獻祭的事也不需要了，也因此聖殿也沒有存在的意義。所以，耶路撒冷的聖殿被毀是正常的；因為真正的已經來到，上帝國正在進行中，有一天會完全實現！

    同樣今日的教會也是暫時性的組織，在主耶穌再來的時候，上帝國完全的實現，那時候教會就轉化成上帝國，不再是現在的教會樣式，而是化零為整，成為上帝榮耀的國了！

    因此，教會是在上帝國尚未實現時的一個組織，或大或小不是問題，遵行上帝旨意預備主耶穌再來，迎接上帝國的實現，才是教會存在的目地，不要將帳篷當成宮殿，一切都會過去，只有耶穌基督的國才是永遠長存！