I grasped that it was essential for me to be likewise renewed. I too needed to put on this new nature after Messiah, just as the Scriptures exhort us to do. If I wanted to get to Paradise, I needed to imitate the example of these saints.

Through LOVE for one another we become Yeshua’s genuine disciples. Through LOVE we come to know G-d, because He is LOVE. And it is by LOVE that we keep ABIDING in Him¹⁷².

Through FAITH the righteousness of G-d is revealed in Messiah. By FAITH in Him we all are G-d’s children, and without FAITH it is impossible to please G-d¹⁷³. 

And by our HOPE in His salvation we are purified and saved¹⁷⁴.

The saints were set apart in rectangular areas like that of the Tabernacle, because in Messiah they ARE set apart into a dwelling place of G-d in the Spirit¹⁷⁵. Each group was separated by a fence resembling   the posts surrounding the court of the Tabernacle, as I discovered later. A fence delineates and encloses property owned. It may not be trespassed¹⁷⁶. No one could enter beyond those posts of the Tabernacle WITHOUT the proper sacrifice, not even the priests. Hence, those saints were truly Messiah's redeemed, His very own. They were set apart unto G-d in Messiah¹⁷⁷.

These saints were divided into three sections. Then it dawned one me that the saints in Paradise constitute the living Tabernacle of G-d with its three partitions^k . 

I had come to the Tabernacle of G-d¹⁷⁸, His spiritual house of which I was now a part. Not only that, but I myself also constituted a spiritual house and sanctuary for G-d¹⁷⁹. This would crystallize in me in yet much richer ways later on, as I meditated on being the tabernacle (sanctuary) of G-d.

Lastly the three pillars, which each stood before a fenced rectangle and were of the SAME SUBSTANCE as the Rock, speak clearly of faith, hope and love¹⁸⁰. They underscore the vital importance of faith, hope and love and their Christ-like nature, for they are the MAIN PILLARS of our salvation and the MAIN STAY of our walk as believers. They supersede all difference and dissension. 

Faith, hope and love fulfill all the Law, for it is impossible to do wrong by these three¹⁸¹.

The saints in Paradise were clothed with these three, and united by them to form G-d’s living Habitation. Saints of every age and race MUST BE UNITED BY THESE THREE! It is contrary to the whole purpose of G-d to focus on differences, on the things which divide. We cannot serve Him - divided¹⁸², nor be part of His people - divided. 

Therefore we must concentrate on those things which unite. It is inconceivable for the One and Only Body of Messiah, Who is the Rock of our salvation and the foundation of our inheritance, to be divided. G-d's objective is to unite us with those who precede us¹⁸³, and with those who will yet follow us¹⁸⁴, to form together a holy Tabernacle unto G-d. In it we will serve Him - with Messiah in the lead¹⁸⁵ - as a holy and royal priesthood.