Exodus 25-27

In years past I have found all the specifics of the tabernacle, the altar and lampstand building instructions to be uninteresting. Reading through Exodus 25-27 this morning I noticed a repeated phrase which I have found important and very interesting as it has significant implications in how I am to live surrendered and trust in the sovereignty of the LORDs will and ways because God's thoughts are higher than mine!

Exodus 26:30 "Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain."

Exodus 27:8 "It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain."

I believe this is significant because it is the command of obedience paired with revelation: here's the how, now do it! The beautiful thing about the construction is that the LORD provides everything for the Israelites, they are completely reliant on the plan, materials and skill from God each step of the way. God lays out in detail the exact parameters of the construction, the materials God provided by making the Egyptians favorably disposed to give all their precious metals and jewelry to the people of Israel before they left. Later we will see that God's spirit of wisdom fills the lead men who will put and craft the construction. Complete and total unhindered reliance in the LORD God Almighty is required of those who love Him. 

"Here's the plan my child, now do as I said," requires a humble response of surrender, obedience and trust, the beautiful reality is that to live for God is only gain! There is a daily surrender of will that occurs in prayer when we pray the way Jesus both taught us and modeled through his life:

Matthew 6:10 "...your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."

John 8:51 "Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death."

NOTE: a resource I've found helpful being a visual learner is the 'Messages of Christ' YouTube channel which creates 3D reconstructions of the tabernacle to help viewers understand and make the word of God come alive, depicting what the ark of the covenant and articles in the Holy place would have looked like. 

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLKsk3lJf4Y 

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