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09 24 2025 God’s Presence in the Tabernacle · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: author speaker Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, of morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday at
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  Speaker 2: September twenty four, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is
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  Speaker 2: El David Harris. I am your host, and this is
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  Speaker 2: your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every
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  Speaker 2: single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing
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  Speaker 2: in our Lesson study series through the Book of Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: and our caption for today is God's Presence in the Tabernacle.
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  Speaker 2: God's Presence in the tab We'll get into that in
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  Speaker 2: just a moment, but first I like to say welcome
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways
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  Speaker 2: that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for tabernacling with us, for dwelling with us,
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  Speaker 2: dwelling among us, so that we can become like you.
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  Speaker 2: Please help us to welcome your presence in Jesus name.
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  Speaker 2: I pray Amen and Amen again, God's presence in the Tabernacle. Yeah. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: aren't you glad that God wants to dwell among us?
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  Speaker 2: Aren't you glad? Let me go ahead and read from
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  Speaker 2: the book Patriarchs and Prophets, page three hundred and forty three,
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  Speaker 2: where it reads God himself directed that the Tabernacle be built.
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  Speaker 2: I want you to get that deep in your mind,
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  Speaker 2: because sometimes people treat that concept of the tabernacle in
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  Speaker 2: the Old Testament something like like people who have those
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  Speaker 2: living rooms or those sitting rooms with the plastic on
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  Speaker 2: the furniture where nobody's supposed to go in there. It's
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  Speaker 2: just somewhere to look at. It's something to conceptualize and
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  Speaker 2: look at and say, wow, isn't that wonderful? What a
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  Speaker 2: wonderful place, and can't get and there's no connection there.
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  Speaker 2: But when God had his manservant and the people to
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  Speaker 2: build a sanctuary, it was, let me continue the quote,
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  Speaker 2: that he might dwell among his people, and that he
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  Speaker 2: himself gave to Moses the plan of the structure, with
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  Speaker 2: particular directions as to its size and form, the materials
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  Speaker 2: to be used, and every article of furniture which it
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  Speaker 2: was to contain. And so God used this as an
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  Speaker 2: invitation for God's people to commune with him. For him
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  Speaker 2: to tabernacle with his people meant that they would get
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  Speaker 2: so close to God, not familiar in a way where
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  Speaker 2: it's lackadaisical or light or take him lightly, but for
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  Speaker 2: him to be so close to them that they could
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  Speaker 2: hear that he loved him, that he loved them, that
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  Speaker 2: they could see that He has only their best interest
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  Speaker 2: at heart when he had interactions with them, so that
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  Speaker 2: he could transform their lives. Because he knew that their
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  Speaker 2: mindset was still enslaved, They were still oppressed in their
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  Speaker 2: own mindsets. They were still in the meager means in
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  Speaker 2: their own mindset, they had poverty mindsets. He wanted to
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  Speaker 2: deliver his people from sin, sickness, and all of those
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  Speaker 2: things I mentioned and more. And so we don't need
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  Speaker 2: to see this as the unapproachable light which God is,
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  Speaker 2: but us God inviting us into his presence so that
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  Speaker 2: one day we will actually live there eternally. Okay. And
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  Speaker 2: so the Bible reads in the Bible reads in Exodus,
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  Speaker 2: chapter forty, verse thirty four, then a cloud covered the
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  Speaker 2: tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord
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  Speaker 2: filled the tabernacle. God's presence is both real and visible
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  Speaker 2: to his people. In that setting, the people of God
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  Speaker 2: knew that God was with them because they could see
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  Speaker 2: the cloud by day and the fire by night. They
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  Speaker 2: could see his presence as a daily reminder that they
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  Speaker 2: were not working or walking alone. And so for today,
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  Speaker 2: look for a daily reminder. Look for the reminder for
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  Speaker 2: this morning. Look for the reminder for this morning, this
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday morning, Like, how do I know that God is
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  Speaker 2: with me? Look for the reminder. Don't look for it
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  Speaker 2: somewhere else, Look for it where God has already shown
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  Speaker 2: that he would be with you. Look for those reminders
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  Speaker 2: of His presence in your life and acknowledge him with gratitude.
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  Speaker 2: He said, whether two or three are gathered together in
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  Speaker 2: his name, he would be in the midst of us.
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  Speaker 2: So when you're two or three gathered, even in this moment,
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  Speaker 2: we say, thank you God for being here. Thank you
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  Speaker 2: God for keeping your promise. He said that he inhabits
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  Speaker 2: the praises of his people. So when you begin to
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  Speaker 2: praise God, thank him for being among your peep, his people,
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  Speaker 2: or just with you. If you're the only one praising
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  Speaker 2: in the moment when he said I will always be
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  Speaker 2: with you, and I will never forsake you, then thank him.
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  Speaker 2: When you feel lonely, thank him for keeping his promise
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  Speaker 2: that he would never leave or forsake you. You understand,
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  Speaker 2: So look for those reminders and then acknowledge him with gratitude.
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  Speaker 2: Don't talk as if he's not here. Yeah yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: yeah yeah. Verse thirty three of Exodus, chapter forty, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible reads, and he reared up the court around about
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  Speaker 2: the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging
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  Speaker 2: of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. See
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  Speaker 2: God's work is perfect and complete. He doesn't start and
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  Speaker 2: then not finish. That's a principle. God finishes what he starts.
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  Speaker 2: He who began a good work in you, will complete
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  Speaker 2: it until the end. He will see it to completion.
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  Speaker 2: You understand, whatever you dedicate to him, whatever you put
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  Speaker 2: into his hands, he will keep it until that day,
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  Speaker 2: meaning the coming of the Lord. And so, just as
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  Speaker 2: God finished his work in creation and Moses completed the Tabernacle,
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  Speaker 2: God will also complete his work of redemption in us.
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  Speaker 2: He will not leave this thing undone. He will not
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  Speaker 2: leave us in a state where we're trying to figure
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  Speaker 2: out are we connected to God or not? Like is
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  Speaker 2: he gonna save me too or not? No, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: no no. God is completing his work. And so this
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  Speaker 2: action step is to trust, trust that the Lord, the
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  Speaker 2: one who began the good work in you, will bring
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  Speaker 2: it to completion. Now I'll give you the passage in
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  Speaker 2: Philippians chapter one and verse six. And our final lesson
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  Speaker 2: is coming in from Revelation chapter twenty one and verse three,
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  Speaker 2: and the Bible reads, and I heard a great voice
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  Speaker 2: out of heaven saying behold. That means that God wants
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  Speaker 2: you to give keen attention, to not just take a
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  Speaker 2: quick glance at but give keen attention to and begin
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  Speaker 2: to appreciate the beauty of the reality of whatever it
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  Speaker 2: is that you're beholding, you're looking at, you're imbibing, you're
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  Speaker 2: bringing in to all of your senses. Behold, the Tabernacle
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  Speaker 2: of God is with men again. God, Yes, but this
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  Speaker 2: time I'm going to show you something special and He
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  Speaker 2: will dwell with them. Well he said that in the
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  Speaker 2: Old Testament. Yes, yes, but I'm going to show you
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  Speaker 2: something even specialer. Is that a word If it's not,
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  Speaker 2: look it up in the dictionary. If it's not, then
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying it's a word today, it's specialer. And they
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  Speaker 2: shall be His people what and God himself will be
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  Speaker 2: with them and be their God. This is at the
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  Speaker 2: end of all things. Brothers and sisters, we know that
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  Speaker 2: the old system of sacrifices was fulfilled in Christ and
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  Speaker 2: therefore nullified any use of that in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: But it was pointing in fact and indeed to how
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  Speaker 2: God does what he does, and the ultimate reality, the
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  Speaker 2: ultimate fulfillment that He was ushering us into, is being
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  Speaker 2: in His presence forever and ever and ever and ever
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  Speaker 2: and ever world without end. You understand what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 2: And so this revelation text is pointing to the day
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  Speaker 2: when finally we see that holy city, New Jerusalem, coming
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  Speaker 2: down from God out of heaven as a bride adorned
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  Speaker 2: for her husband. And finally, finally, when sin and sinners
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  Speaker 2: will be no more, Finally, finally with unbroken praise, Finally,
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  Speaker 2: finally with no more distractions or things that get people
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  Speaker 2: off track. This will be our reality. So live each
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  Speaker 2: day as a citizen of what I just describe to you,
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  Speaker 2: God's coming kingdom, preparing for that eternal fellowship beginning right now.
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  Speaker 2: God's presence is among his people. Are you in his presence? Peace?
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,