Tabernacle is also call a 'tent'
Exodus 25:8
And let them make Me a sanctuary,[a] that I may dwell among them.
Big Idea:
Yahweh wants all to participate in the building of His kingdom.
1. CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE COLLECTIVELY
Exodus 35:4-9
And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying: 5 ‘Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the Lord: gold, silver, and bronze; 6 blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair; 7 ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; 8 oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; 9 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
1A. Varied
1B. Inclusive
Exodus 35:22
They came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart, and brought earrings and nose rings, rings and necklaces, all jewelry of gold, that is, every man who made an offering of gold to the Lord.
Exodus 35:29
The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.
1C. Freewill
Exodus 36:3
And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of making the sanctuary. So they continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.
1D. Generous
Exodus 35:21
Then everyone came whose heart [a]was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
All are to contribute generously to the cause.
All can contribute generously to the cause.
2. EXERCISE GOD-GIVEN GIFTS EFFECTIVELY
Exodus 35:10
All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded:
Exodus 35:25
All the women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
Skillful craftsmen, women.... Every visionary require somebody on the ground to do the work.
2A. Image
2B. To Inspire
Exodus 35:30-33
And Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, 32 to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze, 33 in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.
Bezalel is privilege to be the first person in the Old Testament that God filled him with the Spirit.
2C. To Instruct
Exodus 35:34
And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
God gave them something more... the gift of teaching. There's just so much we can do if we're skillful, we need to desire the gift of teaching to teach others.
All are to use their gifts effectively and with excellence.
1 Peter 4:10-11
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the [a]oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the [b]dominion forever and ever. Amen.
3. FOLLOW GOD'S BLUEPRINT FAITHFULLY
Exodus 25:9
According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.
Exodus 39:42-43
According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. 43 Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses blessed them.
Israel did not deviate from God's blueprint. There's a reason why they were commended because they followed exactly what the lord asked them to.
3A. The Presence
In this design of the tabernacle, God says not only is He above us, God wants to be among us. The tabernacle has to be portable, quick to dismantle, quick to setup.
3B. The Pattern
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Ultimately, the tabernacle (dwell) would be the incarnate Christ, not made by men.
Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
Jesus' death atone our sin and averted God's wrath
Why was the veil torn from top to bottom?
Now in Jesus God can once again freely dwell among His people.
1 Peter 2:4-5
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
(joke) A rolling stone gathers no moss but a living stone starts with a cross.
We are also a spiritual house of God
Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
We need to gather together to become His spiritual house. We are strong alone but we are stronger together. There's a dimension we cannot replace or substitue. We gather to worship Him, to present ourselves before the Lord.
We bear witness to God, by showing love, exalting one another, encourage one another.
We are not doing it for ourselves, but unto the Lord. We're to become God's building disciples.
It's not the amount, it's the Act.
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