The Tabernacle Set Up Exodus 40
WHEN all the things for the Tabernacle were finished, Moses saw all had been made just as the Lord had told him, and he blessed the people, and the first day of their new year set all up, at the camp by Mt. Sinai.
The boards and pillars were set in their sockets, and the coverings fastened over; the ark with the gold mercy-seat on top was set in the inner room of the Tent. Do you remember what Moses put inside the ark?
The gold altar, table and lampstand were placed in the outer room; the lamps were lighted, and bread set on the table. The bread was perhaps in the shape of a bun, or cake. In Leviticus 24:5-9, we learn how many cakes, and that fresh bread was to be put there each Sabbath.
The brass covered altar and the laver Were put outside the tent, and placed in the court. “Then the cloud covered the tent, . . and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.” Read also verses 36, 37 and 38.
Do you not think the people who had given their treasures and jewelry and fine cloth, and worked so carefully, were happy to see the wonderful tent and court set up? And to know that the Lord was honored and placed His glory there? Yes, there must have been rejoicing. And this Tabernacle was prized by the true people in Israel very many years.
We do not now have such a place for the worship of God. Since the death of the Lord Jesus, God has not dwelt in places “made with hands” (Acts 17:24), but in the hearts of all who love Christ and keep His words (John 4:21-27; John 14:23; Matthew 18:20).
Ent the tabernacle was to teach us, also, of God’s holiness and mercy, and of Christ (1 Cor. 10:11; Hebrews 9 and 10). The Lord can still show His people how to use their treasures, or their work in honor to Him, and not to ornament themselves.
We have now finished the “Talks” from Exodus, but the next books tell us more of these same people.
ML 07/18/1937