The tabernacle a type of the church

 by David Long

Read Hebrews 6:19-20; 8:2; 9:1-9, 11, 24. 

The Old Testament tabernacle had two rooms: the holy place and the holy of holies. The holy place was a type of the church and the holy of holies was a type of heaven. Out in the outer court there was the alter of sacrifice and the laver. The alter of sacrifice was where the animal sacrifices were offered, which was a type of Christ. The priests had to wash themselves with the water in the laver before they entered the tabernacle. The laver was a type of baptism. Now here's the application: in order to enter heaven one must go through the church and in order to get in the church one must be baptized.