Exodus 40:17 says, And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.  The tabernacle was completed and raised up.  When Jesus had completed His work on earth, He was raised up, and if we accept Him as Savior and Lord of our life, then we are raised up to everlasting life.  Verse eighteen states, And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.  As God's representative to the people of Israel, it says that Moses raised up the tabernacle, but we know that he did not do it alone.  Today, if one person receives credit for doing great things for God, we can be certain that the person did not do it alone.  There are always many people working behind the scenes.  Verse nineteen says,  And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.  Verse twenty adds, And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:  When the tent of the tabernacle was up, the ark of the testimony was put inside.  When we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord, our body, our tabernacle, is raised up to God and the Holy Spirit comes to live inside us.  Verse twenty-one states, And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.  The ark was placed behind the veil, as God had commanded.  This was to separate the people, except for the high priest, from the ark.  We today are not separated from God by any veil if we are Christians, but the lost people of the world cannot see the works of God because they refuse to believe in Him.  Even though we have the Holy Spirit living in us, the world does not see Him except through our works and worship.  Verse twenty-two says, And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.  Then verse twenty-three adds, And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.  Verse twenty-four continues,  And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.  These were the things that the people of Israel would see when they came into the tabernacle.  Verse twenty-five states, And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.  Moses lit the lamps as Good had commanded to provide light inside the tabernacle.  As followers of Christ today, we are to shed the light of Christ into the spiritual darkness of the world.  Verse twenty-six declares, And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:  Verse twenty-seven adds, And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.  This altar was used to burn sweet incense to the LORD at this time.  When we offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to God, this is a sweet incense to God.  Verse twenty-eight says, And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.  Verse twenty-nine adds, And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.  The altar of burnt offering was set up by the door of the tabernacle for offering sacrifices to God.  If we are to come into God's presence today with our sins forgiven, we must come through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross.  Verse thirty concludes,  And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.  Water was placed between the tent of the congregation and the altar, so that anyone going to the altar could cleanse himself or herself.  We today are cleansed by the shed blood of Christ.. .