Exodus 36:1 says, Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.  Bezaleel and Aholiab did not work alone.  We are told that every wise hearted man that God empowered worked with them.  We are not told their names.  Today, we may not know the names of everyone who is doing God's work, but that does not mean that there are not people doing His work.  Verse two states, And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:  Though this says Moses called Bezaleel and Aboliah and those that God had given wisdom and stirred up to do the work of building the tabernacle, I believe that this was because Moses was God's representative and God had led him to call them.  Moses did not just pick out these people on his own.  We today may ordain people into the ministry, or simply call on people to serve in a particular task in the church, but we must make sure that we ask if this is God's will.  We must all rely on God's calling of people if we are to be the most effective in advancing His kingdom.  Verse three declares,  And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.  The builders were given the materials that the people had given to build the tabernacle with, and they freely brought offerings every day to help support them.  We must use what we have dedicated to God for a particular purpose, but we also must continue to support those who are doing God's work.  We must do all willingly and cheerfully as God leads us to do.  Verse four says, And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;  Those who were working took time to come to Moses and speak to him about a problem.  Verse five adds, And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.  The problem was that the people were giving too much.  This is not usually a problem we have today, but it would certainly be a good one to have.  Imagine beginning a building project and having to tell the congregation that they had given too much.  Of course, we today would probably just modify our plans and make something bigger.  Verse six declares, And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.  Moses told the people that it was time to stop bring more offerings.  Once again, wouldn't it be nice to be able to say that today.  Verse seven concludes, For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.  Though they had just recently questioned where Moses was and made an idol of a golden calf to worship in his absence, they were now giving freely above what was needed to do God's work.  We cannot allow past failures, our own or others, to keep us from freely given everything to God today once we have asked His forgiveness.  The people had to make a choice to follow God before they began to give to Him.  We today must choose to follow Christ before our offerings will really have any meaning.  We cannot buy God's forgiveness, but once we accept it, we should give everything that God leads us to give to support His work, and we should do so freely and joyfully.

Exodus 35:22 says, And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.  Everyone who was willing hearted came, both men and women.  Before, they had brought golden earrings to Aaron to make the golden calf, but now they brought jewels and gold to offer to Moses for God's use.  We should be willing to give more to God than we do to the idols of the world.  Verse twenty-three states, And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.  Along with the jewels and gold, the brought other things necessary to build the tabernacle.  We do not all bring the same things to God, but we should work together to insure that His work is done.  Verse twenty-four declares, Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.  Some brought silver, and some brought wood.  We cannot judge the things given to God by the value that the world places on them, but if we are to judge them, then we must place the value based on the need to accomplish God's work and the attitude of the giver.  Verse twenty five says, And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.  The wise hearted women, those that believed in God, spun and brought fine linen of blue, purple and scarlet.  This actually took more effort on their part than bringing silver and gold did.  Verse twenty-six adds, And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.  I believe that their hearts were stirred up by God.  We should do what God calls us to do, no matter how simply it may seem to the world.  Verse twenty-seven says, And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;  The rulers were not exempt from being moved by God to bring offerings to God.  No matter our station in life, God expects us all to bring our tithes and offerings to Him.  Verse twenty-eight adds, And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.  God led the people to bring all that was necessary too do His work, just as He does today.  Verse twenty-nine declares, The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.  All the people of Israel whose heart was made willing brought their sacrifices to Moses for God's use.  We may bring our tithes and offerings to a particular church, but they are all for God's use and should be given with a willing heart.  Verse thirty says, And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;  Then verse thirty-one states, And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;  Moses said that God had called Bezaleel by name and filled Him with the spirit of God.  We today as followers of Christ are called by name and filled with the Holy Spirit if we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse thirty-two adds, And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,  Verse thirty-three continues,  And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.  Then verse thirty-four concludes, And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.  God also called Aboliab and equipped them both to do what God had called them to do.  Moses did not call these two, but God did.  We cannot decide what people should do for God, but God must call and equip them to do what He needs done.  Verse thirty-five declares, Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.  These two men were equipped by God to oversee His work.  They were not to do it all alone.  God calls us to work together today to accomplish His work, and none is more important than the other.

Exodus 35:10 says, And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;  Moses called on the wise hearted to come and make what God had commanded them to make.  Not everyone would be making the same thing, but all would be led by God in what they made.  If we are to be wise hearted, or to think wisely, we will come to God  and do what He asks us to do.  Verse eleven states,The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,  Moses begins to tell them what it is that they will be making.  God will tell us today what it is that we need to do in His kingdom so that His word may be spread and His people may effectively worship Him.  The next few verses simply continue to list the things that would be made by those who were wise hearted and followed God.  Verse twelve says, The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,  Verse thirteen states, The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,  Verse fourteen adds, The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,  Verse fifteen continues, And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,  Verse sixteen states, The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,  Verse seventeen adds further, The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,  Verse eighteen continues still, The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,  Then verse nineteen concludes, The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.  These were all the things that God had told Moses that the people were to build.  When we are doing something for God today, we must first make sure that it is what He has called us to do.  Verse twenty declares, And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.  The first thing the people of Israel did was to leave from where Moses was.  They could not just stay with Moses and accomplish what God had for them to do.  We today cannot just hang around those who are proclaiming God's word and accomplish very much for God.  We must go into the world and proclaim the gospel and do what God calls us to do to advance His kingdom.  Verse twenty-one adds, And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.  The people came as they were stirred by God and whose spirit was made willing by God.  If we are to successfully advance God's kingdom, we must have our spirits stirred by God and be made willing by His Spirit to do whatever He leads us to do.  When we as followers of Christ work together, all of God's work will be done.

Exodus 35:1 says, And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.  Moses gathered all the people of Israel together to share with them God's word.  When we as follower of Christ gather together today, it should be to share God's word.  At times, when we gather to worship we get distracted by the things of this world.  We should not go away feeling that we have been entertained, but should go away feeling that we have been drawn closer to God.  Verse two states, Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.  Moses told the people the law of the sabbath, and that those who failed to keep it would be put to death.  God was and is serious about setting aside time to rest from the cares of this world and to worship Him.  We need to be just as serious about the Lord's Day, our sabbath, today.  Verse three adds, Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.  The people of Israel were not to even build a fire on the sabbath, as this would be seen as work.  We today can indeed worship God anywhere, and we can also gather in His name and not really worship Him, but I believe that God expects us set aside a day devoted especially to Him.  Verse four declares, And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,  Having shared God's law concerning the sabbath, Moses moved on to the next law.  We cannot just focus on a part of God's law, but must keep it all, not for salvation, because that is a free gift through our faith in Christ, but to show that we are indeed obedient to God.  Though we have great freedom through Christ, we are still simply servants of God.  We do not make the rules, or laws, but God does.  Verse five says, Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,   Moses said that they were to bring an offering to God of gold, silver and brass, and that they were to do this with a willing heart.  We today are still called to give an offering to God with a willing heart.  I believe that when we give with a willing heart that we won't be concerned about what the minimum that we can give to God will be.  We must acknowledge that it all belongs to God.  Verse six states, And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,  Then verse seven adds, And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,   Verse eight adds, And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,  Then verse nine concludes, And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.  The people were to bring all the things that would be needed to do God's work, just as we should today.  Of course, we are more likely to bring the silver and gold, or money, but we are to give what is necessary to do God's work, and we are to do so with a willing heart.

Exodus 34: 21 says, Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.  Once again, God told Moses that the seventh day, the Sabbath, was a day of rest.  This was true no matter what was going on in life.  Even though we celebrate the Lord's day, this is still true.  Verse twenty-two,  And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.   God then began to tell Moses the other special days the people were to celebrate, all to show their honor to God.  Verse twenty-three adds, Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.  God said there were to be three times a year when the people appeared before him.  As followers of Christ, we are continually in God's presence, but we still have those special days that we dedicate to Him, but we need to make sure that He is always the focus of those days.  Christmas is one of those days, but the world has tried to turn it into something else.  Verse twenty-four proclaims, For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.  God said that He would not only protect the people when they appeared before Him, but that He would enlarge their borders.  God may not enlarge our borders in this world, but if we are faithful to Him, one day we will have all of heaven as our home.  Verse twenty-five says, Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.  God reminded Moses about the law of the Passover.  Verse twenty-six states, The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.  Then, God reminds Moses of the law for the first fruits.  Again, God determined the way these days were to be observed, just as He should determine the way that we observe the days set aside for Him today.  Verse twenty-seven declares, And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.  God told Moses to write these words down because they were a part of God's covenant with the people of Israel.  We still read these words today, and they are still God's words.  We have a new covenant through Christ, but we still need to learn from God's written word.  Verse twenty-eight declares, And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.  Moses was with God for forty days and nights, and he did not eat or drink during this time.  Moses spent the time writing the words of the covenant on the tablets, as well as the Ten Commandments.  The first time God had inscribed the words, but this time Moses was required to do it.  It may be that when we do not obey God that we have to spend time redoing what He has already done for us.  Of course, this will never apply to salvation, which we can never accomplish on our own.  Verse twenty-nine says,:And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.  When Moses came down off the mountain, his face glowed, but he did not realize this.  We cannot spend time with God, especially intense personal time, without being changed.  Our face may not glow, but our spirit should.  Verse thirty states, And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.  Aaron and the people of Israel were afraid to come near Moses when they saw him.  The first time Moses came down the mountain, they were dancing and worshipping the idol that they had made, but this time their focus was on Moses.  If we are to worship God today, our focus must be on Him.  Moses was not God, but he was the one who represented God to the people.  Verse thirty-one declares, And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.  Moses called them, and Aaron and the rulers of the congregation came and talked with him.  We need to listen to and talk with those who are sharing God's word today, and we need to share God's good news with those that we encounter in life.   Verse thirty-two says, And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.  Next, the rest of the people of Israel came near, and Moses shared with them the commandments of God.  Verse thirty-three states, And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.  Moses covered his face while he was speaking to them.  Moses was not to be the focus, but God's commandments were.  We today when we serve and worship God must keep the focus on Him.  Verse thirty-four adds, But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.   When Moses went to speak to God, he uncovered his face.  When we speak to God today, we should not attempt to hide anything from him.  Moses did not have to worry about outshining God and neither do we.  Verse thirty-five declares, And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.  Moses still covered his face when he was speaking to the people if Israel.  It would be nice if people could see the truth of our relationship with God reflected in our faces, but we must rely on our actions doing so.

Exodus 34:10 says, And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.  God told Moses that He would make a covenant with the people, and that He would do works among them the like of which had never been seen and all those around them would see it.  God said it was a terrible thing that He would do.  The covenant that we have with God today is through our faith in Christ, and the sacrifice of Christ is the greatest work that God ever did for us.  To those who do not believe in Christ as their Savior and Lord, it is indeed a terrible thing.  Verse eleven declares, Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.  God told Moses to make note of what He was going to do, and that was to drive out all their enemies.  We to can make note of, or put our faith in, the fact that as followers of Christ God will defeat all our enemies for us.  As a matter of fact, He already has.  We will never be spiritually defeated by the world as long as we keep our faith in God.  Verse twelve warns, Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:  Moses was warned against making covenants with the people they came in contact with, because it could become a snare to them.  We today cannot compromise with the world, and if we do, it will be a trap to our faith.  Verse thirteen adds, But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:  God told Moses to have the people of Israel to destroy all the false gods and their altars.  We today must also destroy all the false gods in our lives if we are to successfully follow Christ.  Verse fourteen declares, For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.  Moses was warned against worshipping other gods, because God is a jealous God.  As Creator and Redeemer of the world, God has a right to be jealous of His relationship with His people.  Verse fifteen adds, Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;  God warned Moses of the danger of the people of Israel compromising faith and being led into the worship of false god.  The same warning still applies to us today.  We cannot compromise with the world and still faithfully serve God.  Verse sixteen adds, And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.  Moses was warned of the danger of marrying those who were not a part of the nation of Israel, just as we today are warned against marrying outside those who are part of the family of God.  Unfortunately, when this happens, too often the believer is led away from God.  Verse seventeen declares,Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.  This was a warning against making idols, and it is just as true for us today.  Verse eighteen says, The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.  Moses was told that the people were to observe the feast of unleavened bread by eating unleavened bread for a week in the month that God had brought them out of Egypt.  We celebrate the Lord's Supper today, however often we celebrate it, to commemorate Christ dying to free us from our sins and from the power of the forces of evil in the world.  Verse nineteen adds, All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.  The first born males of the animals were still to be given to God to be used as He saw fit.  Vere twenty adds, But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.  God made  a provision to redeem the first born ass and also the first born sons, but this required the sacrifice of a lamb.  Christ became the sacrifice for all people for all time, and though we have nothing else to offer, we do not come to God empty handed when we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord.  We offer our life and all that we have to God.

Exodus 34:1 says, And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.  God told Moses to make two new tablets like the ones that he had broken, and then God would write the words that He had written on them again.  Moses did not write the law of God either time, but God did.  Today, if we have broken the law of God, we cannot rewrite it.  We can only come back to God as ask Him to forgive us and then to rewrite His word in our heart.  Verse two states, And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.  God gave Moses time to get ready, then he was to come up the mountain to God.  Whether we are a follower of Christ or not, God is going to call us to Him and give us time to get ready to do what He is calling us to do.  Verse three adds, And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.  Like Moses, when we come to God for salvation and to seek his will for our life, we come alone.  No one else can accept salvation for us, nor can we accept salvation for others.  Verse four says, And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.  Moses hewed the two tablets of stone, then he rose up early in the morning and went up the mountain as God had instructed him to do.  When God instructs us to do something, after we prepare ourselves according to His guidance, we should not delay in doing what He has called us to do.  Like Moses, we need to begin as soon as God allows us to.  Verse five states, And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.  Moses went up the mountain, but he did not reach God.  God still had to come down to Moses.  We cannot reach God by our own abilities, but must wait for God to come to us.  Even after we accept Christ as Savior and Lord, and are indwelled by the Holy Spirit, God is not ours to command.  We must still wait on God to reveal His will to us.  The Holy Spirit is not with us to do whatever we desire of Him, but is with us to reveal God's will to us and to empower us to accomplish His will.  Verse six declares And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,  Then verse seven adds, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.  God passed before Moses, and made it clear exactly who He was.  God was not bragging about Who He was, He was just making sure that Moses understood Who He was.  When God comes to us today, He will make sure that we know exactly Who He is, not to brag on Himself, but to help us understand exactly Who He is.  We cannot accept the salvation of Christ if we do not know Who God is.  Verse eight says, And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.  Moses quickly bowed his head and worshipped God.  When we come into God's presence, we should always come humbly and with an attitude of worship.  We too often act as though the only time that we need ot worship God is when we gather together in His name, but we are to worship God whenever we are in His presence.  I believe that since we as Christians have the Holy Spirit with us always, this means that we should always be in an attitude of worship to God.  Verse nine declares, And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.  Moses still prayed for the people of Israel.  He acknowledged that they were a stiff necked people who often rebelled against God.  Moses could pray for them, but he could not gain salvation for them.  We today can intercede for others, but we cannot claim salvation for them.