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Exodus 39–40: Gospel of the House God built
Amongst all the details of Israel’s Mishkan (Tabernacle), described yet again in the Torah section פקודי Pekudei (“countings,” Exodus 38:21–40:38), these elements help us see what the LORD is doing to move us from where we were to where we are and on into His presence. The same God Who commissioned the Mishkhan wants to live with us too. That is very good news. That’s the gospel of Yeshua the Mashiakh.
The book of Shemot (Exodus) ends with the exclusion of Moshe and everyone else from God’s Presence as the LORD moves in. Once Moses set up everything and the Presence of the Lord entered in, the handoff from Moses to Aaron and his sons was complete.
Everything in the Tabernacle is there to teach us about God’s character.
The book of Vayiqra (Leviticus), which we will start studying next week, is God’s instructions for how to respond to His call to enter His presence.
The Tabernacle is a reminder of ourselves as a tabernacle of God to the world. It’s a lesson to us as a nation, as a people and as those who want to be true representatives of the LORD, as patterned by the Messiah Yeshua.
“Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.” (Exodus 25:8–9 NASB)
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!” (1Kings 8:27 NASB)
Lessons from the Tabernacle elements
What is the gate of the Tabernacle? It’s the proper entrance. All who wanted to approach the LORD must do so through the door designated. The lesson: Ba’als, Buddhas, etc. are not the way to connect with the true Divine.
The witness to the world is there is a living Tabernacle/Temple (John 1:14): Yeshua the Anointed (Jesus the Christ). There is one Door to approach the Presence (John 10:7–10).
“So Jesus said to them again, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.’” (John 10:7–10 NASB)
The shepherd is supposed to take care of the needs of their flock, not only for their physical and spiritual needs. But in Yeshua’s day, the shepherd’s were leading their people astray.
What is an altar? What is the point of it? The altar shows us that the separation between God and us is death. Death can’t enter into God’s presence.
It is at the altar where qorbanot (offerings) “go up” as a “soothing aroma” before the LORD.
The Letter to the Hebrews ties a connection between the altar of the Tabernacle and the red heifer offering whose ashes cleansed deeper but was offered outside the camp (Hebrews 10:10–13).
The altar is a mercy for the world. The fact that God’s presence is highly segregated is a blessing to mankind because mankind in its present condition would die if they met God in His fullness.
We can come as we are, but we are to leave a changed man or woman. Being in God’s presence should change us.
Why is there a washbasin in the Tabernacle? What does it teach us?
It shows us about Yeshua cleansing us from unrighteousness as we approach the Father (1John 1:9–10).
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.” (1 John 1:9–10 NASB)
What is in the Holy Place? Several things are in this inner sanctum,
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By Hallel FellowshipAmongst all the details of Israel’s Mishkan (Tabernacle), described yet again in the Torah section פקודי Pekudei (“countings,” Exodus 38:21–40:38), these elements help us see what the LORD is doing to move us from where we were to where we are and on into His presence. The same God Who commissioned the Mishkhan wants to live with us too. That is very good news. That’s the gospel of Yeshua the Mashiakh.
The book of Shemot (Exodus) ends with the exclusion of Moshe and everyone else from God’s Presence as the LORD moves in. Once Moses set up everything and the Presence of the Lord entered in, the handoff from Moses to Aaron and his sons was complete.
Everything in the Tabernacle is there to teach us about God’s character.
The book of Vayiqra (Leviticus), which we will start studying next week, is God’s instructions for how to respond to His call to enter His presence.
The Tabernacle is a reminder of ourselves as a tabernacle of God to the world. It’s a lesson to us as a nation, as a people and as those who want to be true representatives of the LORD, as patterned by the Messiah Yeshua.
“Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it.” (Exodus 25:8–9 NASB)
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!” (1Kings 8:27 NASB)
Lessons from the Tabernacle elements
What is the gate of the Tabernacle? It’s the proper entrance. All who wanted to approach the LORD must do so through the door designated. The lesson: Ba’als, Buddhas, etc. are not the way to connect with the true Divine.
The witness to the world is there is a living Tabernacle/Temple (John 1:14): Yeshua the Anointed (Jesus the Christ). There is one Door to approach the Presence (John 10:7–10).
“So Jesus said to them again, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.’” (John 10:7–10 NASB)
The shepherd is supposed to take care of the needs of their flock, not only for their physical and spiritual needs. But in Yeshua’s day, the shepherd’s were leading their people astray.
What is an altar? What is the point of it? The altar shows us that the separation between God and us is death. Death can’t enter into God’s presence.
It is at the altar where qorbanot (offerings) “go up” as a “soothing aroma” before the LORD.
The Letter to the Hebrews ties a connection between the altar of the Tabernacle and the red heifer offering whose ashes cleansed deeper but was offered outside the camp (Hebrews 10:10–13).
The altar is a mercy for the world. The fact that God’s presence is highly segregated is a blessing to mankind because mankind in its present condition would die if they met God in His fullness.
We can come as we are, but we are to leave a changed man or woman. Being in God’s presence should change us.
Why is there a washbasin in the Tabernacle? What does it teach us?
It shows us about Yeshua cleansing us from unrighteousness as we approach the Father (1John 1:9–10).
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.” (1 John 1:9–10 NASB)
What is in the Holy Place? Several things are in this inner sanctum,