June 10, 2017
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Reading along with us in Exodus? Here’s today’s reading:
Exodus 25 (ESV)
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair, 5 tanned rams’ skins, goatskins, acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. 9 Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it… Continue Reading
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I so wish I could have seen the craftsmanship at work of all these solid pieces of gold hammered out into intricate beauty at the exact specifications of God!
Amazing gifted abilities from God!
It is a mercy seat not a throne
A holy God instructing His people on how to make a holy environment for Him to interact with them in. The materials would come from hearts that were willing to give (“whose heart prompts him to give” v2) and would be made by skilled craftsman no doubt enabled by God. Precise specifications are given to reinforce that this would be a sanctified place. The ark would be in the Holy of Holies to be entered into once a year. The table and the lampstand would be in the holy place where the priests would minister daily to keep the lampstand lit and the altar of incense supplied.
25:22 is special…it is between the Cherubim above the ark that God would meet with His appointed ones. It appears Moses would enter consistently and the high priest only once a year. What a unique relationship Moses had with the Almighty!