What a wonderful adventure it has been to travel with Israel from Egypt's land to Sinai, and along the way to meet with God. We have been touring this book of the knowledge of God for nearly three years now; I preached the first sermon on Exodus on Sunday, November 22, 2020. We have seen how God brought His people from slavery to worship, how He revealed Himself first at the burning bush, then in the ten plagues, in the passover, in the Exodus, and in His words establishing a covenant with Israel at Sinai. Now we approach the final climax of the book as God's glory moves into the tabernacle to dwell among His people — the very thing for which He brought them out of Egypt. "And they shall know that I am the LORD their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God" (Exodus 29:46). He wanted to dwell with His people — and He is. That, my friends, is where the book closes. But though it's a great stopping place from a literary point of view, it is not the end of the story the Bible tells. God's residence with Israel in a tent was temporary — but His residence among us in Christ is permanent. Meanwhile, the book ends with the word "journey," pointing forward to Numbers and the route to the Promised Land, and reminding us that we are called to journey with Christ, our true tabernacle, toward the Father, deeper into the knowledge of God.
5 Nov 2023
Inspecting and Erecting the Tabernacle
We began looking at this book nearly three years ago, if you can believe it — on Nov. 22, 2020. Since that time, we have seen some incredible truths both doctrinal and moral. We have seen that Exodus is the book of the knowledge of God, symbolized by Pharaoh's opening question, "Who is the LORD?" And we have seen that God brought Israel from slavery to worship by way of the knowledge of Himself. Today, we come right up to the brink of the final climactic revelation in this book. God shows Himself to be faithful, the God who dwells with His people. What we will see is that, in accord with God's promise to dwell with Israel, the tabernacle passed the Mediator's inspection and was assembled —teaching us that the Mediator builds the church, inspects the church, and blesses the church.
29 Oct 2023
Building, Furnishing, and Servicing the Tabernacle
Virtually no one has died on a commercial US flight since 2014. Flying is just about the safest thing you can do these days. Why is that? My friends, if there is a single word that explains this near-miracle, it is the word "checklist." Before any plane is allowed to get off the ground, every last system and feature on that plane is meticulously gone over and checked off. Nothing is left to chance in the maintenance, repairs, fueling, piloting, routing, loading, or anything else. It's all written down on a lot of clipboards and checked off piece by piece by the ground crew and pilots. Why do I bring this up? Because we have looked verse-by-verse at the instructions for building the tabernacle. Now, we have this huge section, three chapters long, that describes in numbing detail how every last instruction was carried out. You may find this strange, uncouth, hard to follow — maybe you even skipped to Leviticus, and then on to Numbers, last time you got to this place in reading through the Bible. But here's the thing: worshiping God is important. It's incredibly important. It's so important that it's worth checking to be sure that every element of it is in place. In short, this section of Exodus is the checked-off preflight checklist. Before the tabernacle can be put into service, before God can move into it, the checklist has to be completed. That's what this passage is about. What we'll see in it is that Israel carried out to the letter God's instructions for His dwelling place; how much more will Christ carry out God's will for His dwelling place!
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