The Symbolism of the Three Tents

UV 3596/10000 The Symbolism of the Three Tents Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi (Master), it is good for us to be here; let us make three (sacred) tents -one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” Mark 9 v 5 The three tents in the uni-verse are metaphors for living in and with grace through abiding in the tent or tabernacle of Christ, living under the law which is the tent of Moses and living in the tabernacle of signs and wonders, the tent of Elijah. It is good for us to live in the tabernacle of Jesus, the house of love. When we habitually and continually live in the tabernacle of Jesus, we experience His joy, the joy of the Bridegroom. We are to regard Jesus as our sole Master and Teacher and spend time in His company. Now that we do not see Jesus physically as Peter and the disciples beheld Him, we have the help of the Holy Spirit to sense His presence in and with us. When our lives are transformed from within by the Spirit of God, our lives would be transfigured like Jesus. We need to mature in our faith so that we are no longer legalistic and judgemental or living in the tent of Moses. Neither should we be temperamental or moody, living and giving in to emotions of fear or anger like the tent of Elijah. In Christ, we do not just have the double anointing of Elisha, the successor to Elijah but we have the triple anointing of Jesus, the anointing of purification of the sinner (leper), the spiritual power of a king like Melchizedek and the spiritual power and enablement of a prophet like Elijah. We should be different from the rest of the world for we spend time every day with Jesus. His word washes us and strengthens us from within. We ought to be consistent and stable like our Master, Jesus not temperamental or moody like Peter. We should not deny the Master or give in to flashes of anger like Moses or be in fear of worldly powers like Elijah when he fled from the evil queen Jezebel. The grace that Jesus gives us is not dependent on external conditions. It gives us access to the inner power- the Shekinah power of God Almighty.