Christian living is hard but worth it, so proclaim the mystery now revealed: Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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The God who Dwells with His people, giving Relationship and Rest. The Tabernacle in Exodus pointing forward to when Jesus came to offer relationship and rest to any who trust in Him.   (This service was followed by a Q&A. Questions came from those watching at the time, if you have any more please feel free to email the church and we would be happy to get back to you)

The Priests of Israel were to 1) Represent the People before God and 2) Reflect the Glory of God to the People. We are Represented before God by our Great High Priest Jesus, and we are to Reflect God's Glory to the World around Us.

The main question is: how do we get back to God. After the Israelites were been set free by God's powerful hand they made and then spectacularly broke a relationship covenant with Him. They need not just any mediator, but Moses himself to intercede for them before God. But Moses is not adequate to offer himself for the sins of God's people and for us, for this we need a perfect mediator: we need Jesus.

The world tells us to follow our heart to find truth and satisfaction but this passage shows us just what the human heart is like. The nature of Sin is rebellion against God. The remedy for Sin is a mediator - in this passage Moses intercedes for his people but we look forward to Jesus who perfectly atones for our Sin.

We reach the climax of the story so far: God desires to dwell with His people. The tabernacle is a picture of His salvation plan, it points to Eden, ideal creation and rest. The tabernacle points forward to Jesus who dwelt among us and who will be our eternal temple.

After 18 chapters of undeserved rescue, the Israelites are instructed on how to become a Holy nation. They have been given the 10 commandments and now are given situational instructions on how to live and what to do when God's rules are broken. God cares about justice and He cares about the equal treatment of all people.