I made a Tabernacle. I still have it, it's somewhere at my parents - maybe under my bed? It's pretty cool. When I was in fifth or sixth grade we had an amazing Vacation Bible School (thanks Rudy and Nancy!) that took us through Exodus. We escaped the Egyptians, crossed the Red Sea, danced as we were given the 10 Commandments, held passover in our tents, and built a small Tabernacle to take home at the end of the week. After reading the detailed instructions that God gave for this traveling holy place, I now see how short my not-so scale model falls against what must have been an amazing sight to behold.
In reading the chapters this week, I realized how interesting Moses' relationship was with God. Moses interceded for the Israelites, gaining God's mercy, when they built and worshiped the golden calf. Later Moses questions God about his promise to go with them into the Promised Land (Exodus 33:12-33), and in response God allows Moses to gaze on Him in passing. Moses keeps questioning and God keeps offering reassurances. I think that this not only shows God's love for us, but his desire for us to trust in him. He is constantly seeking our hearts to save us from this fallen world.
My verse for the week is connected to the building Tabernacle, "Then I will live among the people of Israel and be their God, and they will know that I am the Lord their God. I am the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the Lord their God." Exodus 29:45-46. I am so grateful that God sent his son in fulfillment of his covenant so that we were set free, and that God gave us the Holy Spirit to have God's presence among us all the time. We no longer have to carry about the burden of the Tabernacle to know God is with us.
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