Story: Contributions
for the Sanctuary
Passage: Exodus 25:1-9
Characters: God, Moses
Summary: God tells
Moses to take a collection of materials for the Tabernacle.
Notes: At first
glance, we are entering a boring part of the Bible. Who really cares about all the dimensions and
materials of a temple or tabernacle? In
reality, this is a really powerful section of the Bible. The God of the universe has decided to dwell
among humanity. He can represent this
any way He wants and He chose to symbolize His presence with a tabernacle. Every detail of this tabernacle was laid out
by God Himself. Thus, the design shows
us what was important enough to the God of the Universe to include in the
symbol of His dwelling among Israel. I
am going to try to dig deep and try to learn about God’s character and plans
for humanity based on what He specifically wanted in this sanctuary. This passage just sets up the design by
giving us a list of materials that would be needed for the tabernacle. This is not a random material list; God has
chosen specific colors and materials for His sanctuary. God warns Moses to make the tabernacle and
its furniture exactly like God says.
This is an important deal to God, so it should be to us as well.
Questions: The ESV
calls for goatskins. This possibly means
dolphin skin or dugong skins. What type
of skin is this? Why did God want Israel
to build a tabernacle? Why did God
choose the materials He asked for? Why
did God choose blue, scarlet, and purple threads?
Lessons: This is a
big deal! Israel just made a covenant with God and God is going to dwell among
them in a way that they can physically sense.
He has chosen to show His glory through a tabernacle. When you think about it for a little bit, you
can see how informative and important His description of the tabernacle will
be! We need to be careful not to just discount parts of the Bible that don’t
appear to pertain to us. The entire
Bible can teach us about the character of God.
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