Let's Experience The Tabernacle Exodus 19 & 25:1-8 By Dr. David Higgs 3-1-20

 

Exodus 19:12-25

King James Version

¹² And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

¹³ There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

¹⁴ And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

¹⁵ And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

¹⁶ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

¹⁷ And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

¹⁸ And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

¹⁹ And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

²⁰ And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

²¹ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.

²² And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

²³ And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

²⁴ And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.

²⁵ So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

 

 

Context Of The Construction Of The Tabernacle

• The story of slavery (Exodus 1-5)
• The story of GOD's judgement (Exodus 6-11)
• Story of GOD's deliverance (Exodus 12-18)
• Story of GOD's Law and Tabernacle (Exodus 19-40)

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Genesis is a story of creation, sin, and death.

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What GOD Gave Moses

1. Codes of Laws/  The 10 Commandments
2. A Blueprint for the dwelling place for the KING/  Tabernacle instructions.

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Why Did The Tabernacle Exist

1. So that GOD could dwell among HIS people. (Exodus 25:8)
2. To serve as a foreshadowing of the person and work of JESUS CHRIST.

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Three Areas Of The Tabernacle

1. The Outer Court
2. The Holy Place
3. The Holy of Holies   --- 15 feet by 15 feet

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Facts About The Tabernacle

1. The tabernacle was used for over 400 years
2. It was always located at the center of the camp.
3. Cost
4. The earthly tabernacle was patterned after the Heavenly Tabernacle.
5. Overseers  of the construction    ( Bezalei & Aholiab ) 
6. Dimensions   ----  75 feet by 100 feet

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Purpose Of The Tabernacle

1. To give Israel a physical symbol of GOD's presence in their midst.
2. To foreshadow CHRIST
3. Tabernacle was the divine means through which sinful humanity could approach the HOLY GOD!
4. The earthly Tabernacle pictures salvation.

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Applications

1. The Tabernacle says a whole lot about GOD and about you.
2. Tabernacle reminds us that GOD's grace offers restoration, forgiveness, and life.