Latest / A Chapter a Day Bible Reading / June 6 - Exodus 26
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- 0:13Hello, friends. It is shown here.
- 0:15It is Tuesday. It is the 6th of June and it is
- 0:19wonderful that you have tapped play.
- 0:21So that you and I we can read another chapter of the Bible
- 0:24together. Now, I am reading this to you
- 0:27right now. But as you hear this, I am
- 0:30actually far away. I am deep in the Wilds of the
- 0:34Tasmanian wilderness. I am hiking the Overland Trail
- 0:39this week. Yeah.
- 0:40Yeah. I know it's winter and it's
- 0:42freezing, but well, I thought it'd be a good idea.
- 0:45So well, I'm committed now I'm off.
- 0:48So I hope you are going well and you are toasty warm, but that's
- 0:52okay. We still get to read together
- 0:54via the miracle of modern technology.
- 0:57Safe. Here, we are to take the next
- 1:00Step and to see more of these plans, of how God wants his
- 1:04people to go about working to create this special Sacred Space
- 1:10so that he can be present physically with them in their
- 1:15midst. And that's what the Tabernacle
- 1:17is. So let us read together.
- 1:20Exodus chapter 26, Make the Tabernacle from ten
- 1:35curtains of finely woven linen decorate.
- 1:38The curtains with blue purple and Scarlet thread and was
- 1:42skillfully embroidered. Cherubim these ten curtains must
- 1:46all be exactly the same size 42. Feet long and 6 feet wide joined
- 1:52five of these curtains together to make one long curtain.
- 1:56Then join the other five into the second long curtain.
- 1:59Put Loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last curtain in each
- 2:03set. The 50 Loops along the edge of
- 2:06one curtain are to match the 50 Loops along the edge of the
- 2:10other curtain. Then make 50 gold clasps and
- 2:13fasten the long curtains together with the clasps.
- 2:16In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.
- 2:21Make eleven curtains of goat. Hair cloth to serve as a tent
- 2:26covering for the Tabernacle, these 11 courtesy Must all be
- 2:30exactly the same size 45 feet long and 6 feet wide joined five
- 2:36of these curtains together to make one long curtain and join
- 2:40the other six into a second long curtain.
- 2:44Allow three feet of material from the second set of curtains
- 2:47to hang over the front of the Sacred tent.
- 2:50Make 50 Loops for one edge of each large curtain.
- 2:54Then make 50 bronze clasps and fasten the loops of the long
- 2:59curtains. He's with the clasps in this
- 3:02way. The tent covering will be made
- 3:04of one continuous piece. The remaining three feet of this
- 3:07tent covering will be left to hang over the back of the
- 3:10Tabernacle allow 18 inches of remaining material to hang down
- 3:16over each side. So the Tabernacle is completely
- 3:19covered, complete the 10 covering with a protective layer
- 3:23of tanned Ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather for the
- 3:29framework of the Tabernacle construct frames of acacia wood.
- 3:33Each frame must be 15 feet high, and 27 inches wide with two pegs
- 3:39under each frame, make all the frames.
- 3:42Identical make 20 of these frames to support the curtains.
- 3:45On the south side of the Tabernacle.
- 3:48Also make 40 Silver basis to basis under each frame, with the
- 3:52pegs fitting securely into the basis for the north side of the
- 3:57Tabernacle, make another 20, Ramos with their 40, Silver
- 4:00basis to basis. Under each frame.
- 4:04Make six frames for the rear. The west side of the Tabernacle
- 4:08along with 2 additional frames to reinforce the rear corners of
- 4:12the Tabernacle. These Corner frames will be
- 4:15matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with the
- 4:18single ring forming a single corner unit make both of these
- 4:23Corner units in the same way. So there will be eight frames at
- 4:27the rear of the tab. Tackle set in 16, silver basis
- 4:32to basis under each frame. Make crossbars of acacia wood to
- 4:37link the frames, 5 cross bars, for the north side of the
- 4:40Tabernacle and five for the south side.
- 4:44Also make five cross bars. For the rear of the Tabernacle,
- 4:47which will face West, the middle cross bar attached halfway up,
- 4:51the frames will run all the way from one end of the Tabernacle
- 4:55to the other overlay. The frames with gold and make
- 4:59gold rings to hold the crossbars overlay.
- 5:02The crossbars with gold as well. Set up this Tabernacle according
- 5:06to the pattern you was shown on the mountain for the inside of
- 5:10the Tabernacle. Make a special curtain of finely
- 5:13woven linen decorated with blue purple and Scarlet thread and
- 5:18with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
- 5:21Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia
- 5:25wood. Overlay the posts with gold and
- 5:27set them in for silver basis. Hang the inner curtain from
- 5:32clasps and put the Ark of the Covenant.
- 5:35In the room behind it, this curtain will separate the holy
- 5:39place from the most holy place. Then put the arcs cover.
- 5:44The place of atonement on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside
- 5:48the most holy place place the table outside.
- 5:52The inner curtain of the north side of the Tabernacle and
- 5:55place, the lampstand across the room on the south side.
- 5:59Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent.
- 6:03Make it a finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite
- 6:07designs using blue purple and Scarlet thread.
- 6:11Craft 5 posts from acacia wood, overlay them with gold and hang
- 6:17the curtain from them with gold Hooks cast five bronze basis for
- 6:22the posts. Lord, we see the structure
- 6:35taking shape. We see this space where people
- 6:40can come to engage with you, and you set up a system of
- 6:47increasingly holy places, so that people see this Rising
- 6:52level of Holiness until it reaches the center, the holy of
- 6:57holies, where you reside? And here we are again living our
- 7:03lives in a way where you have made it possible for us to come
- 7:08to approach you this incredible. Holy God.
- 7:13And we don't have to come through different areas of the
- 7:16tent into increasingly. Holy places of the Tabernacle we
- 7:20get to come through Jesus who in his Holiness makes us holy and
- 7:26we can approach you our perfect and holy God.
- 7:31Thank you for Jesus. Thank you for giving us a way
- 7:35that we are automatically fit and holy to approach.
- 7:39You are incredible. God of the universe that is
- 7:44mind-blowing but we'll take it. We love you God and we thank you
- 7:49for Jesus and it's in his name that we pray.
- 7:52Amen.