{"id":1300,"date":"2017-09-30T12:29:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T17:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnsalvation.org\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2019-12-05T22:18:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:18:43","slug":"the-tabernacle-of-moses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/the-tabernacle-of-moses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tabernacle of Moses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"centered\">\n<h2 style=\"background: none; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #4d7caa; line-height: 1.25; font-family: amaranth, 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;\"><span role=\"heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ubdavid.org\/bible\/light\/graphics\/7_1_title.jpg\" alt=\"The Tabernacle\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatRightShadow aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ubdavid.org\/bible\/light\/graphics\/7-1_moses-mountain.jpg\" alt=\"For six days Moses sat in silent thought.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>God first spoke His law\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>to the people; then He called Moses to come to the top of Mount Sinai. The Lord said to Moses,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;Come up to Me into the mount\u2026and I will give you tables of stone.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span>On these two tablets of stone God had written the Ten Commandments with His own finger.<\/p>\n<p>For six days Moses sat in silent thought. Suddenly, on the seventh day, God spoke to Moses out of the cloud,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;Speak to the children of Israel\u2026and let them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.&#8221;(Exodus 25:2, 8)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatRightShadow aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ubdavid.org\/bible\/light\/graphics\/7-1_moses-tabernacle-vision.jpg\" alt=\"God revealed to Moses every detail of the construction of the Tabernacle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Jehovah God<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0the God of Israel, who had redeemed them from the bondage of Egypt and given them His law to live by, was now going to dwell among His people. The\u00a0&#8220;sanctuary,&#8221;\u00a0or dwelling place of God among His people, is called the Tabernacle. God showed Moses the pattern of the Tabernacle and gave him specific instructions regarding the building of it. God said,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall you make it.&#8221; Exodus 25:9<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\">\n<p style=\"background: none; margin: 0px 1em 0.62em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; line-height: 1.65; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: droid-serif, Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.12rem; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-kerning: normal;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ubdavid.org\/bible\/light\/graphics\/7-1_tabernacle-camp.jpg\" alt=\"The Tabernacle is of such great importance that 50 chapters are given to explaining its pattern, construction, and service.\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The importance of a subject in the Bible\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>can be measured by the space given to it in God&#8217;s Word. The Tabernacle is of such great importance that\u00a050 chapters\u00a0are given to explaining its pattern, construction, and service. This is amazing when you consider that only two chapters are given to the subject of creation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">God revealed to Moses every detail\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>of the construction of the Tabernacle. Nothing was left to Moses&#8217; imagination. Moses simply followed God&#8217;s exact instructions. More than 20 times in the book of Exodus we read,\u00a0&#8220;as the LORD commanded Moses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Five names\u00a0are used in the Bible to describe the Tabernacle<\/strong><\/span>. It was called\u00a0&#8220;a sanctuary&#8221;\u00a0because it was set apart for God. It was called\u00a0&#8220;the tabernacle&#8221;\u00a0because it was the dwelling place of God among His people. It was called\u00a0&#8220;a tent&#8221;\u00a0because it was the temporary dwelling place of God. It was called\u00a0&#8220;the tabernacle of the congregation&#8221;\u00a0because it was where God met with His people. And it was called\u00a0&#8220;the tabernacle of testimony&#8221;\u00a0because it was the place where the two tablets of stone were kept.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>What was the purpose of the Tabernacle?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The purpose of the Tabernacle was to show and teach a sinful people how they could approach a holy God and be accepted by Him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\">\n<p style=\"background: none; margin: 0px 1em 0.62em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; line-height: 1.65; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: droid-serif, Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.12rem; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top; font-feature-settings: 'kern' 1; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-kerning: normal;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ubdavid.org\/bible\/light\/graphics\/7-1_tabernacle-christ.jpg\" alt=\"The Tabernacle is of such great importance that 50 chapters are given to explaining its pattern, construction, and service.\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Every part of the Tabernacle points to Christ<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0The sacrifices and the service of the priests all point to Christ. He is the Way\u2014the only Way to God.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\">\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"background: none; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #4d7caa; line-height: 1.25; font-family: amaranth, 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;\"><span role=\"heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ubdavid.org\/bible\/light\/graphics\/7_1b_title.jpg\" alt=\"The Materials of the Tabernacle\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>God told Moses to speak\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>to the children of Israel that they might bring Him an offering of materials to be used in building the Tabernacle. No one was compelled to give anything. Moses was to receive offerings only from those who gave willingly out of their love for God. God said,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering: of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.&#8221; Exodus 25:2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>God gave Moses a list\u00a0of the materials that were to be used in the Tabernacle. These materials are all\u00a0&#8220;symbolic.&#8221;\u00a0A symbol is something that stands for or represents something else.<\/p>\n<p>In the Bible God often speaks to us in the language of symbols, and it is wisdom on our part to apply ourselves to learn the meaning of the symbols.\u00a0All the materials used in the Tabernacle speak of Christ.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>speaks of deity and that which is wholly of God. Christ is\u00a0&#8220;God manifest in the flesh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Silver\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>speaks of redemption\u2014Christ&#8217;s death on the cross for our sins.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Brass\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>or <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">bronze <\/span><\/strong>speaks of God&#8217;s judgment against sin. On the cross, Christ bore God&#8217;s righteous judgment against sin.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Blue Linen\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>speaks of Christ&#8217;s deity. Blue is the heavenly color, and Christ is the heavenly One\u2014the One\u00a0&#8220;who came down from heaven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Purple Linen\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>speaks of Christ&#8217;s royalty, His kingliness. He is\u00a0&#8220;the King of kings&#8221;\u00a0and\u00a0&#8220;the LORD of lords.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Scarlet Linen\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>speaks of Christ&#8217;s humanity and His death on the cross.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Fine Linen\u00a0or white linen<\/strong> <\/span>speaks of Christ&#8217;s perfect righteousness as a Man.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Goats&#8217; Hair\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>speaks of Christ&#8217;s holy separation from evil.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Rams&#8217; Skins Dyed Red\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>speak of Christ&#8217;s devotedness to God. He was\u00a0&#8220;obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Badgers&#8217; Skins\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>were the exterior cover of the Tabernacle. They speak of Christ&#8217;s ability as a Man to withstand temptation and evil.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Shittim Wood\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(acacia wood) speaks of Christ&#8217;s holy humanity. He was a Man in whom there was no sin.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Oil<\/strong><\/span>, used in the lamps, speaks of the Holy Spirit. The Tabernacle had no\u00a0&#8220;windows.&#8221;In the things of God, the Holy Spirit is the only source of light.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Spices for Anointing Oil\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>speak of the precious fragrance of Christ. Everything about Him was a precious fragrance to God.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Onyx Stones\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(precious stones) were woven into the breastplate which the high priest wore. They speak of the saints of God who are ever on the heart of Christ.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centered\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">http:\/\/ubdavid.org\/bible\/light\/light7-1.html<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God first spoke His law\u00a0to the people; then He called Moses to come to the top of Mount<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,72,89],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mon-do-hoa","category-new-life-doi-song-moi","category-nghien-cuu-kinh-thanh-bible-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20429,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions\/20429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hahosa.com\/vnsalvation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}