Exodus 25:1-22
Offerings to Tabernacle: from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.
Instruction of the Ark. There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
God has brought the nation out of Egypt. He has set out the terms of his covenant and they have been agreed. Now, as a visible sign that these are his people. He give Moses instructions to make him a special tent: God is to have a home like theirs and live among them.
God will guide and be with then wherever they go -and they will know God is no local deity(神) whose power is limited to Sinai.
Portable, prefabricated tent-shrines similar to God's Tent were constructed in Egypt even earlier than this. Here, although the description is detailed, some practical points are missing- it is not a complete blueprint. The roof of the tent, for example, may have been flat or raised with a ridge-pole.
How?
Offering to the Lord are one whose heart prompts to give, not the law or rule but for duty and thanksgiving.
No comments:
Post a Comment