God has a very peculiar way of giving Moses a tour of His new home, and with good reason. On first reading of the descriptions God gave for this carefully planned dwelling, it would seem there were some things missing, and other things misplaced. As we’ve noted, there were no windows. But remember, this is […]
Read More… from December 27, 2021 — The Mystery Of The Missing Furniture
All the colorful beauty that we see around us is actually in the light! Just so, Jesus is the light. There is so much more to see in the golden lampstand! The main shaft held its own lamp, but six branches grew out of it, each adding a lamp. God’s people are branches, linked with […]
Whether in creation or in Christ, “God saw the light, that it was good” (Gen 1:4). Very good! Two statements stand in stark contrast: “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all” (1 Jn 1:5) “and men loved darkness rather than light” (Jn 3:19). How would God overcome this darkness? The solution […]
God broke a 400-year silence to say, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Although we haven’t read yet about the tabernacle’s layout, it helps to know there were three main parts. A large courtyard, surrounded by a high white linen fence, had only one gate. The tabernacle proper was 30 […]
The world is constantly ignoring Jesus or else actively putting Him down. Let’s lift Him up! The second piece of furniture described is a table, also made of acacia wood and covered in pure gold. It was 3’ long, 18” wide, and 27” high, the same height as the ark. God continues, “You shall make […]
Read More… from December 21, 2021 — Spiritual Furniture Movers
Imagine the One who can satisfy God making that satisfaction available to get us into Heaven! In our minds, let’s see this beautiful ark. Ark in Hebrew is ’arown and can be translated chest. The ark was, in fact, God’s hope chest! All His hopes for a heavenly Home filled with a loving forever family […]
Read More… from December 20, 2021 — Who Can Satisfy A Perfect God?
The Hebrew word for tabernacle is mishkan, “dwelling place,” where God could be at home. Exodus 25:10-22 begins with the ark, the focal point of the furniture in the tabernacle to be built for the Lord. Let’s read its description: “two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its […]
Typology can be abused or ignored. Be careful and prayerful, but don’t ignore the types! We concluded our last episode by commenting on the minute details of the tabernacle and its furnishings and asked, “Why was God so particular?” We have already seen how the New Testament uses the stories and characters in the Old […]