The image or metaphor of a tent, booth, or other temporary dwelling throughout the pages of the Scriptures consistently connotes temporariness and impermanence, as God's chosen people make their journey to the promised land. Abraham, though an extremely wealthy man, was commanded to live in a tent, albeit a spacious, luxurious dwelling made of water-resistant, heat-resistant black goat wool. As our forebears followed Moses across the Sinai, the pre-incarnate Christ dwelt with them in a temporary, but functional tabernacle. The apostle Paul reminds us that our fleshly dwelling resembles a tent while our glorified spirit body resembles a permanent building (II Corinthians 5:1-5). Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ temporarily divested Himself of His divinity dwelling in a fleshly tent in order to empathize with God's chosen people currently living in temporary, but functional fleshly bodies, awaiting resurrection and glorification as First Fruits. In John 1:14, we read that the "Word" became flesh and dwelt among us. God became a flesh and blood human being just like us, dwelling in a metaphorical tent, becoming the First of the First Fruits.