Lesson 2: The Presence in the Old Testament: Mediated, Contained, and Costly

To understand what Christ opened in the New Testament, you have to feel what the Old Testament restricted.

In Lesson 2 of The Fragrance of Hunger series, Apostle Robert Barrett lays the theological weight of God’s presence under the old covenant—showing that it was real and accessible, but always mediated, contained, and costly. Through Moses’ encounters (Exodus 33–34), the Tabernacle’s “architecture of approach” (Exodus 25, 40), the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16), and the worship protocol of Psalm 100, this lesson calls believers back to reverence: God’s presence is not casual, and the terms of approach belong to Him.

The message closes with the tension of the veil—because the tearing of it in Session 3 will only strike with full force when you understand what stood behind it.