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up according to His word, “the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle” (v. 34). Such was that glory that even Moses could not enter into the tent (v. 35). The cloud and the glory were the manifestations, of the presence of the Lord, evidencing His ac ceptance of the tent as His dwelling place among the people. While the glory proclaimed that God was there, the cloud became the guard and guide of the people. It guarded them from taking the wrong way, and it guided them through the right way (vs. 36, 37). It was constantly present, hovering over the place where God dwelt. When it remained sta tionary, the people rested in their tents; when it moved forward, the people fol lowed. For the people of God today, the Word of God supplants the cloud; it guards against all error, false doctrine, and evil ways, and it leads into ever-increasing un derstanding of and fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ., The cloud was the visible manifestation of the presence of the Lord (v. 38). The humblest as well as the greatest of the peo ple, and the weakest as well as the strong est, could see the cloud and could know that he or she was guided by God’s presence. To the believer today, the Lord is con tinually revealed and His direction is con stantly given by means of the Word of God. Happy is the man who follows its leading. Points and Problems 1. “Willingly with his heart” (Ex. 25:2). The American Revised Version translates “every man whose heart maketh him willing.” Very often we today speak of the “heart” as if it were somehow op posed to the “head,” contrasting “heart belief” with “head belief.” In the Bible such an opposition is unknown. The word “heart” in Scripture is the most all-inclu sive term to represent the entire man, and therefore includes the intellect. 2. "Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them" (25:8). Here we have one of the greatest contrasts be tween the age of law and the age of grace. Then the dwelling of God waited for the building of a tabernacle by the hands of men. In the present age, God dwells in a temple not made with hands, a temple builded with living stones (1 Pet. 2:5). How unspeakably great are privileges of the present agel 3. “A ll the instruments thereof” (25:9), The English word “instruments” obscures the meaning. The reference is to the vari ous pieces of the tabernacle "furniture 4. “There 1 will meet with the children of Israel” (29:43). The place of meeting was the tabernacle, but let us never forget that the entrance to this tabernacle was by way of the altar. It is rather too bad that verse 42 was not included in the lesson, for verse 43 cannot be understood apart from that which precedes it. “This shall be a continual burnt offering . . . at the door of the tabernacle . . . where I will meet you” (v. 42). At the door of God’s house—that is, at the entrance to God’s presence—there is an eternal Altar, the cross of Christ. Un til men have come to the cross, there is no entrance.
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II. T h e M in istry for t h e T abernacle (29:43-46) The tabernacle was to be not only God’s dwelling place, but also the place where God would meet with His people (v. 43). The fact that God Himself was there would set the tabernacle apart from all other places or dwellings or tents. It was “sanc tified” by God’s presence. Today God manifests Himself through the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all who would meet God must meet Him in Christ, or not at all. God would have the tabernacle and its altar, together with Aaron and his sons, set apart for His service (v. 44). God promised to dwell among His people (v. 45). But not until both the tent and those who were to minister therein were
set apart could God say He would dwell in their midst. There is very much minis try today which cannot find any Scriptural warrant. Much “strange fire” is being of fered, and much that is presented as wor ship is far from being, sanctified, or set apart, by God for the sacred service. Ex perimentally, God is unknown to those who thus minister without warrant, or in ways contrary to God’s direction. To wor shipers approaching God in God’s way, and by God’s medium, there will come the knowledge that God Himself is with them (v. 46). True experience waits upon will ing fulfillment of God’s directions. III. T h e A ccepta n ce of t h e T abernacle (40:34-38) When all had been made according to God’s order, and the tabernacle finally set
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