We need to ponder how the Tabernacle God intricately designed and described, and the four Temples God’s Word describes fit into God’s great plan of the Ages. To understand, we need to remember that:
The heartbeat of God’s Word is worship.
The only thing God seeks is worship.
The purpose of salvation is worshiping the God of Heaven.
So, to start with—is your heart the heart of a worshipper?
Always remind yourself that the Tabernacle, which God instructed Moses to construct, covers more chapters (Exodus 25-40) than any other object in the entire Bible. That means that the Tabernacle, and later the Temple, are powerful lessons to guide us in our pursuit of deepening our fellowship with the Lord. As we open to Exodus 25:1-2, 8-9:
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. You shall take My offering from everyone who gives it willingly with his heart. 3 And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze; 4 blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair; 5 ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; 6 oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; 7 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I show you, that is, the tabernacle’s pattern and all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.
Like no other building, God exactly dictated His plans for this structure because the:
TABERNACLE SHOWS HOW TO
ENTER THE PRESENCE OF GOD
What possible importance could an old, dusty animal skin tent amid a nomadic, wandering migration of people camping across the Sinai’s trackless desert have in this ultra-modern 21st-century life we live?
Can a tent constructed 35 dim centuries ago give any light to the dark, sin-stained path we often must tread? Join me as we look at the tent and its meaning and find strength in Christ for our lives today.
WNS-65 – The Temples God Describes – First, Second, Third, and Final (091122PM)
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