Preparing a Dwelling Place

Today’s Scripture “Have the people of Israel build me a holy sanctuary so I can live among them” (Exodus 25:8-9).

  Click the link(s) below to see pictures of the Tabernacle: (Click the Back button to return to blog) Artist’s Rendition of Tabernacle in WildernessTabernacle Diagram Labeled

  Here is a diagram of the Tabernacle:

  Moses is spending 40 days and 40 nights with God on a mountaintop, receiving instructions to build a tabernacle – a movable house. Not just a tent, the tabernacle will be God’s house, where He will actually dwell and live among the people.

  God gave Moses instructions to create a priesthood, assigning Aaron as High Priest. We, too, are called to be priests unto God. We are part of a royal priesthood and like the High Priest, have direct access to God today through Jesus’ work on the cross. Serving God is not about finding ways to do what we want for Him, it’s really about doing exactly as He’s instructed. God desired the Israelites to follow His instructions to the letter, as He desires the same from us today.