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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Friday, July 23, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Tabernacle Bible Verse:Exodus 26 (New Living Translation) "Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim. These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide. . . . For the framework of the Tabernacle, construct frames of acacia wood. Each frame must be 15 feet high and 27 inches wide . . . . Set up this Tabernacle according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain. . . . For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim . . . . Then put the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place. . . . [Excerpts are given here. If you want to read all of Exodus 26, click the link or go to your own Bible.]" Message:
By way of introduction, most Christians do not know what “tabernacle” actually means. A tabernacle is a framed tent used for worship. The word, however, was borrowed by Christians looking for a term to describe more generic places or items of worship. The Jews retained the original meaning, and the Jewish “Festival of Tabernacles” involved going to Jerusalem and living in a framed tent for a week.
The original tabernacle is described in Exodus 26. The Israelites, who will wander in the desert for the next forty years, are going to need a place to worship this great God, “I AM”, with whom they have made a covenant; for their relationship with God has become the center of their lives. They can hardly have a permanent structure; and so, their cathedral is a tent . . . but what a tent!
It was surrounded by a fabric fence roughly one-half to one-third the size of a football field. The tabernacle proper was about 45 feet long and 15 feet wide and was divided into one large room and, at the back, a smaller room for the Ark and the Holy of Holies, separated by embroidered curtains.
Exodus tabernacle
The framework was made of wood covered in gold, with silver supports, and the coverings were embroidered and made of the finest materials available. The covering was in three layers: an outer layer of a special waterproof animal hide; a second layer of goat hair for insulation; and a finely decorated interior layer.
The chapter tells us that there were plans for the tabernacle which were not included in Exodus; in other words, as long and detailed as the description in Exodus 26 might be, they had even more detailed plans, given to them by God on Mount Sinai.
The tabernacle would always be oriented east to west and would become the literal as well as spiritual center of Hebrew life, as the people’s dwelling tents would form concentric circles around it. God, whether literally or symbolically, was present in the inner room.
We must remember, though, that the Israelites lived by faith as much as we do, for they never saw the Ark. Only one priest, one time a year, would enter the room to sprinkle the blood of atonement on the cover of the Ark; at all other times it was hidden from view, for it was wrapped securely for travel. And even the high priest would never see the contents of the Ark: the tablets of stone, Aaron’s rod, and the sample of manna.
So the Hebrews were in the same position as we are today, even though the Ark was physically present. They were expected to live by faith, based on words of eyewitnesses passed from generation to generation and, eventually, written down.
Meditation : Prayer : Finally, may I go forth filled with the joy and confidence of your Spirit; and may everything I do this day, in word or deed, be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.......Amen |
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