Preparing a Dwelling Place
Today’s Bible Study February 9, 2012
“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:
To Find (look for):
Was it important to God that the people build everything to the exact specifications He described (Exodus 25:40)?
Why do you suppose that was important?
To Mind (key point): 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.
To Bind (apply to our lives): 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.
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