DAY 35 Read Exodus 34; 24 and 25.
Today's reading takes up the instructions for building the sanctuary, or tabernacle--the center for worship.
Memory gem: "Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them" (Exodus 25:8).
Thought for today:
When God's chosen people came out of the land of Egypt under the leadership of Moses, they were instructed by the Lord to make a sanctuary, or movable church, as the center of their worship.
The sanctuary is a dramatized parable of God's dealings with men. In fact, it is the pictured history of the universe in the age of eternity which we call time. It was moreover "the gospel in substance, salvation in epitome," as Robert Thurber says. It was a figure, but more than a form. As we study it, we will find shadows, but not darkness; in fact, the shadows turn into reflections of the very light of heaven. As we study the sanctuary, we think God's thoughts after Him.
It was to be the house of God on earth. During the famous Exodus of the tribes of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt, they stopped in their wanderings toward the land of their adoption and camped for nearly a year at the foot of Mount Sinai. There, in obedience to the instructions of the divine Architect, they built the tabernacle or sanctuary of God. It was in tent form so it could be put up and taken down as they moved from place to place in the desert for forty years before entering the Land of Promise.
Every detail of its construction was ordered and described by God Himself. Skilled workmanship was employed. The skins of animals, beautiful woods, fine linen, precious metals and stones--all were blended in the artistry of the great Designer, working through human hands.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Exodus 25:5. "Badgers skins"--better: seal skins, probably the hides of the dugong, common in the Red Sea.
Exodus 25:5. "Shittim wood"--acacia wood.
Exodus 25:31. "Candlestick"--lampstand possessing the shape of the traditional Jewish menorah.
Today's reading takes up the instructions for building the sanctuary, or tabernacle--the center for worship.
Memory gem: "Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them" (Exodus 25:8).
Thought for today:
When God's chosen people came out of the land of Egypt under the leadership of Moses, they were instructed by the Lord to make a sanctuary, or movable church, as the center of their worship.
The sanctuary is a dramatized parable of God's dealings with men. In fact, it is the pictured history of the universe in the age of eternity which we call time. It was moreover "the gospel in substance, salvation in epitome," as Robert Thurber says. It was a figure, but more than a form. As we study it, we will find shadows, but not darkness; in fact, the shadows turn into reflections of the very light of heaven. As we study the sanctuary, we think God's thoughts after Him.
It was to be the house of God on earth. During the famous Exodus of the tribes of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt, they stopped in their wanderings toward the land of their adoption and camped for nearly a year at the foot of Mount Sinai. There, in obedience to the instructions of the divine Architect, they built the tabernacle or sanctuary of God. It was in tent form so it could be put up and taken down as they moved from place to place in the desert for forty years before entering the Land of Promise.
Every detail of its construction was ordered and described by God Himself. Skilled workmanship was employed. The skins of animals, beautiful woods, fine linen, precious metals and stones--all were blended in the artistry of the great Designer, working through human hands.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Exodus 25:5. "Badgers skins"--better: seal skins, probably the hides of the dugong, common in the Red Sea.
Exodus 25:5. "Shittim wood"--acacia wood.
Exodus 25:31. "Candlestick"--lampstand possessing the shape of the traditional Jewish menorah.
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