Eternal Tabernacles

Luke 16:9 talks about being welcomed into eternal tabernacles

Jesus was speaking to His disciples.

It seems that from the beginning the manager in the parable was looking out for his own interests. If he scattered his boss’s assets, it appears they could have been in the form of loans. This would enable him to live past his present economic condition since it put him in the position to show mercy to those who owed his boss if he was about to lose his job. This kind of thinking, the execution of such a plan, was even commended by the master. Also, Jesus commended the man’s shrewdness evidenced in how he understood and used money to provide himself a home for the future.

Jesus leads us in His heavenly wisdom to be wise in the way we both think about money and use it in the world. Following Christ above all paves the way for us into eternal tabernacles. They welcome us. Jesus wants us to obey Him with the mindset of it preparing for us our eternal home.

Would the manager be returning home or creating a new home? 

The point is his being welcomed. That is also what we desire, to be welcomed. The invitation goes out to all to come and drink freely from the waters of life. Jesus cried out for people to come to Him and drink. I am welcomed. You are welcomed. Every single person who will come is welcomed. 

The man at the pool of Bethesda had no power to even get himself to the waters. Jesus as the water of life came to him. 

The picture is that the only thing we need to do is to want to do God’s will. The question Jesus asks the man applies to us. Do we want to be healed? We are unable to get to the water, so Jesus comes to us.

 

Jesus says, Rise (John 5:8).