Pattern of the Tabernacle
Exodus 25: Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying: 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that
they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly
with his heart you shall take My offering. 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 pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its
furnishings, just so you shall make it.
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Moses and Joshua went up the mountain as GOD told them to
do. There GOD gave directions on what to build for HIM to go along with the
children of Israel on their journey.
My Observations:
- GOD
asked for people to willingly give an offering so they could be part of
the process of building the tabernacle.
- GOD
was making a temporary meeting place that had HIS specifications that
mimicked the temple revealed to the writer John.
- GOD
was preparing the people to address HIM with sovereignty versus
commonality.
- GOD used lots of colors including gold, silver, bronze, blue, purple, red, white and black.
- GOD used textures that rounded out the senses of humans like soft hair and smooth stones.
Before GOD gave any law, HE provided a place to put the law
HE would make. Sinai means jagged stone. This is the place GOD would write HIS
law in something that would not smudge or fade. The tablets were to be placed
in the tabernacle they were about to build.
GOD shows us HIS promise that HE would never leave us or
forsake us. HE wanted a place where HE would come and be with HIS people. HE
knew what the temple in heaven looked like and HE wanted to mimic this in the
tent. The temple seen in heaven would be slightly different, because there
would be no need to confess sin or sacrifice due to sin.
A tabernacle is a tent. This could be carried around and
temporarily erected at the place GOD guided them to. GOD knew the two-week
journey would take forty years.
Challenge
- Why
does GOD remind Moses about the offering instructions for the tabernacle?
- Has
GOD become too common in your life?
- What
can you learn about GOD’s formality when it comes to HIS instructions for
holiness?
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