- The Tabernacle was about
- The Tabernacle was about
- The Tabernacle was about
Q: And what did you need see?
A:
Our Text…
Exodus 25:1-9 “The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair, 5 tanned rams’ skins, goatskins, acacia wood, 6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. 9 Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.”
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.” - Ephesians 5:31-32
POINT: NOW, instead of a Tabernacle that points to this mystery of the relationship of God with mankind, we have the
SIDE NOTE/BONUS: Parents, IF you tell your children you will do something, then
Point: God is
POINT: THAT is why we “
POINT: God is also
POINT: God promises
“I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father (or, no one comes back to the Garden) except through Me” - John 14:6
“But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption” - Hebrews 9:11-12
POINT: You see, God has always been
POINT: The Wilderness was the
POINT: God invites His people to “contribute” to His
Q: Why?
A: God wanted the tent to
POINT: Our offerings ALWAYS bear
Our offerings always “say something” about our relationship with God!
Q: So what were these contributions for?
A: These offerings provided a
- “Immanuel”, which means…”
This is why God invites us to….
“…come into his presence with thanksgiving; …and make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!….
“… come….and… worship and bow down; to kneel before the Lord, our Maker! 7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.” - Psalm 95:6-7
“Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,” - Psalm 95:7b-8
Q: Will you come?
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