According to the Pattern

According to the Pattern: Worship in the Image of the Son unveils the eternal revelation that worship is not man's attempt to reach God, but God's own life revealed, received, and expressed through His Son. From the moment the Lord instructed Moses to "make all things according to the pattern shown in the mount," He was declaring a divine truth - that everything which rises to Him must bear the likeness of His Son.
This book traces that pattern - from the tabernacle in the wilderness to the indwelling Christ in the believer - revealing that God has always desired one form of worship: the image, fragrance, and glory of His Son ascending from His redeemed people.
Every altar, priesthood, and offering in Scripture finds its fulfillment in the Person of Christ, who is both the pattern and the purpose of all divine revelation.
In these pages, you will discover that true worship is not built by human zeal, imagination, or creativity. It is the spontaneous expression of a life that has been conformed to the Son - a life through which God recognizes Himself.
The worship that God accepts is not the activity of man but the manifestation of Christ in man.
Through a progression of revelation, According to the Pattern unfolds the following truths:

• That the Tabernacle was a shadow of Christ - God's dwelling with man.
• That the Priesthood was fulfilled in the eternal ministry of the Son.
• That the Sacrifice was perfected in the Lamb of God, who gave Himself once for all.
• That the Temple is no longer made of stone but of living hearts indwelt by His Spirit.
• That the Church is not an organization of worshipers but the habitation of divine life.
• And that all creation will find its consummation in the Glory of the Lamb, when God is all in all.