Thursday, December 26, 2019

Exodus 36:20 says. And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.  This begins telling the way the boards of the tabernacle were made, and again this was by the design that God had given Moses.  I will basically just share the verses without comment, since they are self explanatory.  Verse twenty-one states, The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.  Verse twenty-two says, One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.  Verse twenty-three states, And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:  Then verse twenty-four says, And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.  Like the curtains, the boards were made to fit together and to be mobile.  The church today should likewise fit together as one body and be mobile going into the world.  Verse twenty-five states, And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,  Verse twenty-six adds, And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.  Then verse twenty-seven says, And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. Verse twenty-eight continues, And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. Then verse twenty-nine says, And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.  Then verse thirty declares, And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.  Not only was Moses given the plans for making the tabernacle by God, but God also gave him instructions for how to raise the tabernacle up after it was made.  God still gives instructions to us today as followers of Christ about how He expects us to raise up His church.  We must all fit together to be the most effective.  No one church, or body of believers that make up a local church, can act totally on its own with no concern for other body of believers.  Verse thirty ones says, And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:  These next few verses speak of the making of the veil of the tabernacle.  It was not only to serve a purpose, but it was to be decorated ornately.  When we come to God today, not only does He have a purpose for us, but He will make our lives spiritually ornate.  Verse thirty-two adds,  And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. Verse thirty-three states, And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.  The veil was to be hung according to God's directions and was to divide the holy place from the most holy place, where only the high priest could go, and then only at specific times.  We no longer have these restrictions, because when Christ died for us, He tore the veil in half.  We, who are followers of Christ, not only have unlimited access to God, but we have the Holy Spirit living in us.  Verse thirty-four adds, And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.  Verse thirty-five continues, And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.  The ark of the covenant and the mercy seat were to be within the veil, and the table and the candlesticks were to be outside the veil, but still in a position specified by God.  Even when we may not be as close to God as we should be, He still expects u to be guided by His law.  Verse thirty-six says, And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.  Then verse thirty seven adds, And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.  Then verse thirty-eight concludes, And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.  God still gives guidance to His church today, and we must all work together to accomplish His work.

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