Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Exodus 27:9 says, And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:  This is a continuation of the instructions for the court of the tabernacle.  Verse ten states,  And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.  The pillars and sockets were to be made of brass, or more for strength, and the hooks and fillets were to be of silver, or more ornate.  I believe that today the church building should be functional, but it should also be made as beautiful as possible to reflect honor to God.  We should never put more money and effort into maintaining the building than we do into maintaining the function of the church, which is to reach the lost and to edify one another.  Verse eleven adds, And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.  This was to be a duplication of the south side.  Verse twelve says, And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.  Moses is now given the specifics for the west side of the tabernacle.  Verse thirteen states, And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.  The east side of the tabernacle was to contain the gate.  Verse fourteen adds, The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.  Then verse fifteen continues,  And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.  The hangings at the gate were to cover thirty of the fifty Curtis.  Verse sixteen concludes, And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.  The other twenty cubits of the gate  were to be of blue, purple and scarlet.  This would be the access point.  Just as there was but one way into the tabernacle then, there is but one way into a saving relationship with God today, and that is through Christ.  Verse seventeen says, All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.  Verse eighteen adds, The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.  Verse nineteen concludes. All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.  This concluded the instructions for building and furnishing the tabernacle.  Verse twenty proclaims, And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.  Moses was to instruct the people of Israel to bring pure olive oil to keep the lamps burning always.  We today as followers of Christ have the command to keep the gospel light shinning in the world always.  Just as providing the oil then was not just a one time thing, but an ongoing one, so is our command to share the gospel today.  Verse twenty-one concludes, In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.  Aaron and his sons were given the responsibility of keeping the areas outside the veil in order.  We today are given the responsibility of keeping the church in order in the world.  This is not the building, but the fellowship of believers.

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