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church’s response. Thus, “cutting off” always implies ecclesiastical censure. See
ibid., chap. 5.
8. See James B. Jordan, Judges: God’s War Against Humanism (Tyler, TX: Geneva
Ministries, 1985).
9. See James B. Jordan, “The Israelite Militia in the Old Testament,’ in Morgan
Norval, The Militia in 20th Century Amerika: A Symposium (Falls Church, VA:
Gun Owners Foundation, 1985).
10. There are clear sabbatical patterns in Genesis, though, such as the seven years
of plenty and the seven years of famine, or Genesis 8:6-12. Whether the sab-
bath day was a day of worship is unclear. For a very careful and detailed sum-
mary of the evidence on this question, see Francis Nigel Lee, The Covenantal
Skbbath: The Week~ Sabbath Scr@ural~ and Historical~ Considered (London: The
Lord’s Day Observance Society, 1966).
11. See Jordan, Law of the Covenant, pp. 64, 75.
12. Meredith G. Kline, The Structure of Biblical Authori~, rev. ed. (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1975), p. 80.
13. Ibid.
14. The discussion that follows is “short on argument, long on assertion.” I have
given my reasons for this in the Introduction. Also, much of the “argument” is
woven into the warp and woof of this book, in that it entails a Biblical world-
view perspective.
Although some writers, such as Fairbairn, have minimized the symbolic
character of the Tabernacle in its cosmic and human dimensions, they must vir-
tually swallow camels to do so. E.g., Patrick Fairbairn, The TypologY ojScripture,
2 vols. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, [1876] n.d. ) 2:201-223. In a real sense, the
failure of such writers as Fairbairn is their lack of a worldview approach, and
thus they fail to see worldview models in the Bible when they appear. All the
same, the worldview interpretation of the Tabernacle and Temple is ancient,
and has an honorable history in mainstream Christian thought, as Davidson
(see below) has demonstrated.
Sound expositions of the multilayered symbolism of the Tabernacle can be
found in Meredith G. Kline, Images of the Spirit (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
1980); and Vern S. Poythress, Understanding the Law of Moses (forthcoming). See
also Erich Sauer, The Dawn of World Redemption, trans. G. H. Lang (Grand Rap-
ids: Eerdmans, 1952), pp. 137-140; Richard M. Davidson, Typologv in Scripture
(Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1981), pp. 336ff.; Angel
Manuel Rodriguez, “Sanctuary Theology in the Book of Exodus,” Andrews
Universi~ Seminay Studies 24 (1986):127-145; James B. Jordan, “From Glory to
Glory: Degrees of Value in the Sanctuary” (available from Biblical Horizons,
P.O. Box 132011, Tyler, TX 75713).
15. See Menahem Haran, Tmples and Tmple-Seroice in Ancient Israel (Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1978), chap. 13.1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 6:2; 2 Kings 19:15;
Isaiah 37:16; Psalm 80:2; 99:1.
16. See Kline, Images, chap. 2.
17. For a full exposition, see Jordan, “Death Penalty in the Mosaic Law; chap. 4.
18. See various commentaries on Revelation, at Revelation 1:16, 20.
19. See Bernard Goldman, The Sacred Portal: A Prima~ Symbol in Ancient Judaic Art
(Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986), esp. pp. 20, 21, 60, 63.
Goldman does not realize the connection of this sequence with the Tabernacle,
unfortunately. See also Jacob Neusner, “Studying Judaism through the Art of
the Synagogue,“ in Doug Adams and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, A rt as
Religious Studies (New York: Crossroad, 1987).