Thursday, August 4, 2022

Moses’ Obedience….

As you read through the last two chapters of Exodus, it’s really easy to speed-read to the end. All the details of the tabernacle, it’s components, and the clothing the priests were to wear, can be a little monotonous. If you’re not careful you may miss one big theme that stands out. It’s mentioned numerous times: “(Moses did) just as the Lord commanded him”. Moses’ obedience is the staple of these last few chapters. If it weren’t for this, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate and understand the significance of the Cross of Calvary. The sacrificial system, the Holy of Holies, the curtain that separates the ark from the rest of the Tabernacle (that was torn the moment Jesus completed His mission)... I could go on, but I think you get the point. Didn’t Samuel tell King Saul that God wants our obedience rather than sacrifice? Moses obedience is what pleased God. And it’s our obedience that still pleases Him today.

16 Moses proceeded to do everything just as the Lord had commanded him. 17 So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year. 18 Moses erected the Tabernacle by setting down its bases, inserting the frames, attaching the crossbars, and setting up the posts. 19 Then he spread the coverings over the Tabernacle framework and put on the protective layers, just as the Lord had commanded him.20 He took the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant and placed them inside the Ark. Then he attached the carrying poles to the Ark, and he set the Ark’s cover–the place of atonement–on top of it. 21 Then he brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle and hung the inner curtain to shield it from view, just as the Lord had commanded him. Exodus 40:16-21

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