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== Present uses ==
In the [[Orthodox Church]], the reserve sacrament is kept in the tabernacle on the [[altar]] at all times. The tabernacle is usually elaborately decorated, normally wrought with gold, silver, or wood and precious adornments. The tabernacle is often shaped like a miniature church building. Every year on Holy Thursday, the priest consumes whatever is left of the reserve sacrament and places some of the sacrament left over from the Holy Thursday [[Divine Liturgy]] into the tabernacle. The presence of Christ in the tabernacle is always indicated by a vigil lamp, burning perpetually.
==Connection to the old testament tabernacle==
#The biblical tabernacle included the enshrined leftover manna. The new tabernacle contains the reserve sacrament, the Mystical Super.
#The biblical tabernacle included the stone tablets of the ten Commandments, the way, the law. The new Tabernacle contains the reserve sacrament, the Son of God, who said, ''I am the way'', the fulfillment of the law.
#The biblical tabernacle included the Rod of the Patriarch Aaron, confirming the Levitical priesthood. The new Tabernacle contains the presence of Jesus Christ, the Church’s new High Priest.
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