Continuing details about the Tabernacle, its construction, furniture and use.
Exodus 26
I. Three coverings for the roof (1-14)
a. a linen inner cover that would be visible from within the structure
b. a middle goats’ hair covering
c. a 2-sided outer layer dyed red
II. Prefabricated wood panels overlaid with gold formed the sides (15-39)
III. A curtain (kjv: vail) divided the interior into two rooms; the ark of the covenant and the mercy seat were behind the curtain in “the most holy place.” (31-37)
Exodus 27
I. Outside there was a brazen altar (1-8)
II. The courtyard was kept private by a wall of curtains on all four sides (9-19)
III. The lampstand inside was to be lit at all times (20-21)
Meditation Points:
From the outside and at a distance you would see a large red structure surrounded by a white curtain fence. (Imagine the flag of Japan with a rectangle rather than a circle.)
From the inside you would see the beautiful linen illuminated by a seven-lamp candelabra.
God was teaching His people about Himself and how to approach Him.
to commune with God one must go by way of the altar of sacrifice
there is only 1 door to God’s presence
once inside, away from the world, God still has rules
where God dwells is a holy place
since these things were a picture of heavenly realities, the construction details must be followed or the meaning would be lost
What he heard from God, he wrote down and read to the people (4, 7)
Blood sacrifices accompany this solemn occasion (5-6,8)
Seeing God (9-11)
Moses separates himself from Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel to be alone with God (12-14)
The glory of the Lord and the cloud (15-18)
Exodus 25
This chapter begins the detailed instructions for building and operating a portable worship center
Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Construction to be financed by the freewill offerings of the people (1-9)
The ark of the covenant and its mercy seat cover (10-22)
The table of showbread (23-30)
The golden lampstand (31-40)
Meditation Points:
Call it what God called it: a sanctuary (8), a tabernacle (9), a dwelling place (8), a place of communion (22)
Don’t forget the pattern! Moses and the people are not at liberty to devise their own “concept structure”. God is very specific about the size and shape and covering of the structure as well as the furniture in it.
The furniture inside is to be covered with gold.
A box, a table and a lampstand are the furniture inside (along with an incense altar to be described later). No chairs, no pulpit, no piano.
While God has forbidden the making of idols, he requires that two golden cherubim be fashioned for the top of the ark.
No windows? That’s a good reason to have a lampstand.
5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
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