Who May Abide in Your Tabernacle?

 Who May Abide in Your Tabernacle?

February 6, 2026

Psalm 15:1-2 (NKJV) 

1 A Psalm of David. LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell inYour holy hill? 2 He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart;

The question of the day is “who may abide in Your tabernacle?” When the original tabernacle was built in the wilderness, not even Moses could enter in to it when the Glory of God was manifested there.

Exodus 40:34-35 (NKJV) 

34 Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filledthe tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

But then as they journeyed on, the priests were to bring a burnt offering into the tabernacle every day to atone for the sins of the people. But only the high priest was permitted into the holy of holies, and that just once a year.

Hebrews 9:6-7 (NKJV) 

6Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest [went] alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and [for] the people’s sins [committed] in ignorance;

But Jesus ended this temporary practice and made a way for us to approach the Lord.

Hebrews 9:11-12 (NKJV) 

11 But Christ came [as] High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and moreperfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Hebrews 10:19-23 (NKJV) 

19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and [having] a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of [our] hope without wavering, for He who promised [is] faithful.

Therefore, we may now enter boldly into the Lord’s presence, through the blood of Jesus and abide with Him and He with us. The old tabernacle, constructed in the wilderness, has been done away with, and the new tabernacle is the Body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NKJV) 

18Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [who is] in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

So the question still remains, “Who may abide in your tabernacle?”, but the answer has been flipped. We no longer sacrifice the blood of bulls and lambs in order to enter the tabernacle, but when we believe in the the blood of Jesus and live in such a way to honor Him, the Holy Spirit comes and abides with us, the tabernacle of the New Covenant.