Friday, September 4, 2009

Exodus Chapters 37-40

I know this is a lot of repeated stuff about the tabernacle, but look hard for nuggets of awesomeness...they're there.

38:8 - What does it mean by the women who ministered at the tent of the tabernacle offering up bronze mirrors? Well, this is cool! In ancient times, highly polished bronze was often used by women as a mirror. In the Egyptian culture, which the Israelites just got out of, it was customary for women to bring their mirrors with them to worship at the temple. The Israelite women were coming to worship at the tabernacle with their mirrors as they had always done. Yet, when their hearts cried out to offer themselves fully to God, they parted with the mirrors. Extremely expensive, coveted, useful mirrors. In essence, they were leaving behind the rituals of the Egyptian religions and following God alone...they were cutting that part of their past away. They were also offering God their vanity, saying that it was more important to honor Him fully than to make sure they look their best. They have finally put God above self and that is a sign of true worship. Is there anything from your past that needs to be let go so that you can fully enter into the presence of God? Do you allow pride and vanity to keep you away from the true worship that God is calling you towards? See - nuggets of awesomeness!

40:34 - We are the tabernacles now! You and I! The glory of the Lord dwells within our hearts! The holy of holies is inside of us - live like it!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Read it:D

Lucie said...

I read it :) I really loved the description and the details of the tabernacle and how it was made and looked and the process of creating it. I think its awesome that God put that much thought and detail into a mere building, because it was a place he would dwell. Now think of how much thought and detail he put into us, the living place of God! We must remember that we are the house of God, and we should be keeping ourselves holy.

Brand al Thor said...

Lucie and Brit welcome aboard and thanks for commenting.