SHEKINAH
SHEKINAR
MISHKAN
refers the dwelling place of God
His SHEKINAH Glory, refers to the pillar of fire, which preceded the Hebrew nation as they traveled through the desert by night or pillar of smoke by day and when they settled, they erected the Tabernacle tent (Latin for tent), it is referenced as the MISHKAN or Dwelling Place, same root as SHEKINAH, to dwell.
The Halo depicted about a saints head in paintings has its root in the SHEKINAH Glory present today. It might be manifest by the indwelling of God in the believer in our human spirit.
There are no holy buildings today in the Church Age, because God chooses by His Volition, known as His Sovereignty, where He is going to dwell. In His Plan, He now dwells in the human spirit of the believer.
While an auditorium meeting place of believers is a good place for architectural symbology, to educate the believers in His Word, their design indeed may take on many of the same aspects of the Tabernacle.
Well said and interesting. My first response wasn’t against the freedom to use “symbology”, but Charles poorly quoting Hebrews to make HIS point (when the text was making another, all told). Even that was probably pointless but I HAD to go there (slow learner).