Exodus
30-31: “Regulations For Construction Of Golden Altar & Bronze Laver /
Making Of Anointing Oil & Incense”
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1.
INTRO:
1.1.
In our last study, we looked at chapters
28-29.
1.1.1. We looked at the regulations for making the priestly garments
and then saw the priests consecrated for service. We saw that Jesus Christ was symbolized in
the priesthood as the scripture tells us that He is the “Great High Priest.”
1.2.
In our study
today, we are going to look at chapters 30-31 of Exodus.
1.2.1. We will look at the requirements given by the Lord to
Moses for the construction of the Golden Altar for burning incense in the
1.2.2. We will also look at the regulations for the creation
of both the Anointing Oil as well as the Incense.
1.2.3. Again, Jesus Christ will be symbolized in everything
that is constructed in the Tabernacle.
Its all about Him!
1.2.4. Finally, we will look at how the Lord gifted and
called certain men to perform the various crafts necessary for the construction
of the various elements of the Tabernacle.
We will see how this parallels how He gives gifts to people in the body
of Christ for the building of itself up in love.
2.
VS 30:1-6 - “1
“Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you
shall make it of acacia wood. 2 “Its length shall be a cubit,
and its width a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two
cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it. 3 “You shall
overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and
you shall make a gold molding all around for it. 4 “You shall make
two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two
side walls—on opposite sides—and they shall be holders for poles with which to
carry it. 5 “You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay
them with gold. 6 “You shall put this altar in front of the veil
that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the
ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.” - The
requirements for the construction of the Golden Altar for burning incense is
given, along with those for the poles for carrying it
2.1.
Now that the
2.2.
It has been said
that the furnishings previously described have to do with the things that God
has done in providing salvation for us, and that the furnishings that we will
now consider are placed here because they have to do with our response back to
Him.
2.3.
The Golden Altar,
as with all of the rest of the furniture in the Tabernacle, symbolizes the Lord
Jesus Christ in His role as intercessor on our behalf. Like the
2.4.
We see in many
places in scripture that prayer is symbolized by the burning of incense,
including:
2.4.1. Psalm 141:2: “2
May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my
hands as the evening offering.”
2.4.2. Revelation 5:8:
“8 When He had taken the book, the four living creatures
and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and
golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”
2.4.3. Revelation 8:3-4:
“3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a
golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to
the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. 4
And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up
before God out of the angel’s hand.”
2.4.4. On the yearly Day of Atonement for the sins of the
nation, when first atoning for his own sin, the high priest was to put some of
the incense in a firepan full of coals before the Lord inside the veil: Leviticus 16:11-13, “11 Then
Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make
atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of
the sin offering which is for himself. 12 “He shall take a firepan
full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and
bring it inside the veil. 13 “He shall put the incense on the
fire before the Lord, that the
cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark of the
testimony, otherwise he will die.”
2.5.
In Numbers 16:
46-48, we read about how that when Korah instigated a rebellion against the
Lord and many prominent leaders from Israel joined with him that the plague of
the Lord broke out amongst Israel, that Moses told Aaron to placate the Lord’s
wrath by taking his censor and putting in it fire and incense and running into
the midst of the people: “46 Moses
said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay
incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make
atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the Lord, the plague has begun!” 47 Then Aaron took it
as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold,
the plague had begun among the people. So he put on the incense and made
atonement for the people. 48 He took his stand between the dead and
the living, so that the plague was checked.” This reveals that intercession
before the Lord is directly associated with the incense from the Golden
Altar.
2.6.
The Lord requires
also that two poles be made for the carrying of the Golden Altar. These poles are likewise to be made of acacia
wood overlaid with gold. As with the
other poles for the other furniture within the Tabernacle, these poles
symbolize the two natures of Jesus Christ.
3.
VS 30:7-10 - “7
“Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning
when he trims the lamps. 8 “When Aaron trims the lamps at twilight,
he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9
“You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering
or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. 10 “Aaron
shall make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it
with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your
generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”” - The Lord
gives requirement for perpetual burning of incense on the Golden Altar, as well
as a yearly atonement requirement for it
3.1.
The incense here
is called ‘fragrant incense’ since that is what is most characteristic
about it. In Ephesians 5:1-2, we see
that Paul saw Christ as symbolized in that incense that was burned as he calls
Christ a ‘fragrant aroma’ and then tells us as Christ to be imitators of
Him in this way: “1 Therefore
be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, just as
Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice
to God as a fragrant aroma.”
3.2.
The incense was
to continually burn in the
3.3.
In this study we
will read about now only the precise requirements for making the Golden Altar
for burning incense, but also the requirements for creating the incense and
anointing oil itself. It may seem like it
shouldn’t really matter how these things were made, but because everything is
to be made after the pattern in heaven, every detail is important. In Leviticus
10:1-2, the two eldest sons of Aaron decided to burn incense to the Lord
however they saw fit, and because they offered what is termed ‘strange fire’
(that is, worship that was not first proscribed by the Lord), they were
consumed by fire that came out from the presence of the Lord: “1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the
sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them,
placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2
And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.”
3.4.
Note that the Lord
requires that even the Golden Altar has to have atonement of blood made for it
yearly, on the Day of Atonement.
3.5.
The Lord tells
Moses that the Golden Altar is ‘most holy to the Lord.’
4.
VS 30:11-16 - “11
The Lord also spoke to
Moses, saying, 12 “When you take a census of the sons of Israel to
number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, so that
there will be no plague among them when you number them. 13 “This is
what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel
of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution
to the Lord. 14 “Everyone
who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the contribution to
the Lord. 15 “The rich
shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when
you give the contribution to the Lord
to make atonement for yourselves. 16 “You shall take the atonement
money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of
meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves.”” - The Lord
gives the requirement for Moses that when he takes the census of the sons of
Israel that each one of the sons of Israel is to give a ransom for himself of a
half shekel, and this is supposed to go to the Lord for the service of the tent
of meeting
4.1.
It is interesting
that the Lord tells Moses that the children of Israel each need to bring a ‘half
a shekel’ towards the tent of meeting and that this is to be for
‘a ransom’ for themselves. This
Hebrew word “kopher” that is translated ‘ransom’ has the
following entry in Strong’s Enhanced Lexicon:
“AV translates as “ransom” eight times, “satisfaction” twice, “bribe”
twice, “camphire” twice, “pitch” once, “sum of money” once, and “village” once.
1 price of a life, ransom, bribe. 2 asphalt, pitch (as a covering). 3 the henna plant, name of a plant (henna?). 4 village.”
1.1.
We as Christians often
fail to recognize that when the scriptures tell us that the Lord redeemed us
that this is also now implies that we belong to Him. Our live is not our own now because we have
been bought with a price and now are the Lord’s possession and property to do
with us whatever He wants (1 Cor. 6:20).
Therefore, if the Lord tells us to do something such as provide a half
shekel of gold for the tent of meeting, then we are required to do so, and
should do so joyfully.
1.2.
The price was the
same for all, regardless of your financial standing. If you were twenty years or older you had to
pay the half a shekel for the tent of meeting.
1.3.
Further, the Lord
says that the half a shekel was also to be ‘a memorial for the sons of
2.
VS 30:17-21 - “17
The Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 18 “You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of
bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the
altar, and you shall put water in it. 19 “Aaron and his sons shall
wash their hands and their feet from it; 20 when they enter the tent
of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they
approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to
the Lord. 21 “So they
shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and it shall
be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their
generations.”” - The Lord gave the requirement to Moses for
the construction of a laver of bronze, as well as its use
2.1.
The next piece of
furniture, the Bronze Laver, is to go in the Courtyard of the Tabernacle just
outside the curtain into the
2.2.
Note several
unique characteristics in the required construction for the Bronze Laver:
2.2.1. It alone is made entirely of bronze with no wood frame
undergirding it.
2.2.2. Neither its shape or dimensions are specified.
2.3.
Because neither
the shape nor the dimensions of the Bronze Laver are given this leads us to the
conclusion that what is really important about it is the water itself. It is the water that brings the
cleansing. A.B. Simpson has
written: “The figure of water is
universally familiar, and represents one of the most important and necessary
elements in the physical universe. We
find it in the vast ocean, comprising by far the largest inland lakes and
rivers, which form such exquisite networks both of beauty and convenience and
of commercial value. We find it in the
vapour of the skies; and the dews that
gather about the vegetable creation, and preserve it from withering through
torrid summer. We find it forming the
largest proportion of our own bodies. It
is a figure of purity and refreshing; of quickening life and power; of vastness
and abundance. Without it, life could
not be for a month maintained. And so we
find it in the bible as one of the most important symbols of spiritual things.”
2.4.
Water is seen at
the beginning of creation as the Spirit of God moved over the waters, in the
garden of Eden in the river which watered the garden (Gen. 2:10), in the
vehicle by which God destroyed the world during the flood, in the many wells
where God met His people and preserved them during their journeys (for example
Gen. 16:7; 21:19), and even in the water than shall one day flow from God’s
throne (Rev. 22:1). The first miracle
was to turn water into wine (John 2), water and blood flowed from the Savior’s
pierced side upon the cross, it is water into which we are baptized, the Holy
Spirit flows like rivers of living water within the hearts of believers, the
ceremonial cleansings of the Old Testament involved water, and the Word of God
itself is symbolized by water as it performs the function of washing us: Ephesians 5:25-27: “25 Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that
He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or
wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.”
2.5.
The blood of the
sacrifice placed on the Brazen Altar provided the atonement for the sins of the
people, including the priests. The sons
of Aaron alone were allowed to minister within the Tabernacle, but before
entering the Tabernacle they always had to come to the Bronze Laver and ‘wash
their hands and feet’ before they could enter. Their hands would be stained with blood from
the sacrifices and their feet dirty from walking in the sand. This required washing of the hands and feet
symbolizes the fact that a necessary qualification for every one who ministers
for the Lord is to not only have sins atoned for through the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ, but also to have the defilement of sin cleansed from off of them. The ‘hands’ being washed symbolized
cleansing for deeds you have done. The ‘feet’
being washed symbolized cleansing necessary from walking in this sinful and
fallen world.
2.6.
The Lord is adamant
about this cleansing being necessary before entry into the Tabernacle and
states even that this cleansing is prevent them from dying if they were to
enter in a defiled manner.
2.7.
An interesting
piece of trivia is the fact that Exod. 38:8 tells us that the laver was at
least in part manufactured from the donated eye pieces of the women in
Israel: 8 And he made the
laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the
lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation..
3.
VS 30:22-33 - “22
Moreover, the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying, 23 “Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of
flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as
much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, 24
and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and
of olive oil a hin. 25 “You shall make of these a holy anointing
oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing
oil. 26 “With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of
the testimony, 27 and the table and all its utensils, and the
lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 and the
altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. 29
“You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever
touches them shall be holy. 30 “You shall anoint Aaron and his sons,
and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to
3.1.
The ingredients
for the Anointing Oil are very specifically defined by the Lord as it also
refers to the Lord and is to be made according to the pattern. These verses demonstrate that the Anointing
Oil refers to Jesus Christ:
3.1.1. Quoting from Psalm 45:7, the author to the book of
Hebrews writes in Hebrews 1:9 that Jesus was “anointed with the oil of
gladness” above His companions: “9You have loved righteousness and hated
lawlessness; Therefore God,
Your God, has anointed You With
the oil of gladness above Your companions.” Psalm 45:7-8 tells us about the fragrance on the
Messiah’s garments that will be associated with that oil of gladness: “7 You have loved righteousness
and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of
joy above Your fellows. 8 All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.”
3.1.2. In Isaiah 61:1-3, the Messiah speaks out here about
the nature of His ministry (words quoted by Jesus at the beginning of His
ministry to the synagogue in Nazareth where He grew up), and the Messiah says
that He will give to the brokenhearted and captives “the oil of gladness
instead of mourning”: “1 The
Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; 2
To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, 3 To
grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a
spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting
of the Lord, that He may be
glorified.”
3.2.
The root word for
the word translated ‘spices’ means “sweet smelling.”
3.3.
The primary
ingredient in the Anointing Oil is ‘olive oil.’ However, other fine spices were to be added
to it to give it also a fragrance. Here
are the portions for each ingredient as well as their symbolic significance:
3.3.1. Myrrh.
3.3.1.1.500 shekels worth.
3.3.1.2.Arthur Pink quotes a Mr. Rideout concerning the nature
of Myrr: “This was the gum from a
dwarf tree of the terebinth family, growing in
3.3.1.3.Arthur Pink brings out how that the 8 uses of this
word in the Song of Solomon (For example:
Song of Solomon 1:13, “13My beloved is to me a pouch of
myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.”) indicates that it
symbolizes “love.” But, the fact
that it was bitter to the taste and was one of the spices in which our Lord’s
body was mummified with indicates symbolically also the great price by which
love paid on
3.3.2. Cinnamon.
3.3.2.1.250 shekels worth.
3.3.2.2.Arthur Pink writes the following about the nature of
this Cinnamon tree: “It is the bark
of a small evergreen tree of the laural family.
Another tree of the same family is the fragrant camphor. The odor of the cinnamon is sweet and its
taste is agreeable; it is largely used
for flavouring. A valuable essential oil
is extracted from the bark, having these properties in an intensified
form. It is obtained chiefly from
3.3.2.3.Arthur Pink also mentions that Mr. Ridout believes
that the name may come as the result of two well-known Hebrew words that
together mean “appearance of jealousy.”
He suggests that it might then symbolize the type of thing that
characterized our Lord when He drove the money-changers out of the temple, and
it was mentioned that of the Messiah that He would be “consumed with zeal
for God’s house.”
3.3.3. Fragrant cane.
3.3.3.1.250 shekels worth..
3.3.3.2.The root word for this cane is a word that means “to
stand upright,” and it is very likely the cane that is referred to as “spikenard”
in the scriptures. The reed was crushed
to get the fragrance out of it. This is
perhaps the same aromatic reed mentioned in Song of Solomon 1:12: “12While the king was at his
table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.” It is perhaps that very expensive perfume
also which Mary used to anoint Jesus feet John 12:3: “3 Mary then took a pound of
very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His
feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.”
3.3.3.3.So, taking from what we know about this cane, maybe we
can say that it symbolizes the holy and righteous life of one who stands
upright and pure in the midst of the corruption of this world, just as was the
case with Jesus Christ.
3.3.4. Cassia.
3.3.4.1.500 shekels worth.
3.3.4.2.In Ezekiel 27:19 we read that
3.4.
Putting all of
the fragrances and their symbolisms together, Arthur Pink writes the following
about this Anointing Oil: “summarizing
the emblematic significance of these four principal spices, we learn that, the
“myrrh” pointed to the outpouring of Christ’s love in a bitter but fragrant
death; the “cinnamon” to His holy
jealousy for the honour and glory of God;
the “calamus” to His uprightness and righteousness in a world of sin and
wickedness; the “cassia” to His
submission to and worship of God.”
3.5.
The Lord states
to Moses here that everything having to do with the construction of the
Tabernacle, including the priests and their garments, was to be anointed with
this special oil.
3.6.
The Lord is so
concerned that His people treat Him as being holy and that everything be made
according to the pattern in heaven, He states that if anyone made an oil that
is even like this Anointing Oil that the person was to be cut of from among His
people. He alone should ever be
characterized by the olive oil and these four spices.
4.
VS 30:34-38 - “34
Then the Lord said to Moses,
“Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure
frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. 35 “With it you
shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
36 “You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before
the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be
most holy to you. 37 “The incense which you shall make, you shall
not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for
the Lord. 38 “Whoever
shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his
people.”” - The Lord gives the requirements for the
making of incense
1.1.
The incense for
burning on the Golden Altar is specified to be made of equal parts of ‘stacte,
and onycha and galbanum spices with pure frankincense.’ And there is to be an ‘equal part of each’
of these that make up the incense.
1.2.
Because there are
four different spices that combine in equal portions to make the incense that
is to continually burn in the Tabernacle, some have suggested that this
symbolizes the four fold nature of Christ’s work as told by the four gospels of
the New Testament. Matthew reveals
Christ the King. Mark reveals Christ the
Servant. Luke reveals Christ the
man. John reveals Christ the divine Son
of God.
1.3.
The incense was
to always be a fragrant aroma, just as Jesus Christ Himself is a fragrant aroma
to His Father. We have already seen that
the incense symbolizes prayer in the scriptures and the continual burning of
the incense in the Tabernacle symbolizes the continual intercession of Christ
in heaven, the true tabernacle, for His people.
1.4.
I think you can
deduce from this that interceding in prayer for others to the Lord is seen by
Him as being a fragrant aroma, and it is very critical that we do pray for each
other and our various needs continually.
1.5.
The fact that the
incense was holy to the Lord is seen that if anyone were to unsolicited try to
make any incense like that which was to be made for the temple, that man was to
be put to death.
2.
VS 31:1-11 - “1
Now the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the
son of Hur, of the tribe of
2.1.
The calling and
gifting of the Lord upon individuals for the service in the construction and
operation of the Tabernacle and its various elements directly parallels the way
in which the Lord works when He calls people together into the church and
builds up a group of people to function together under His leading as a church,
just as it says in Eph. 4:7-13: “7
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of
Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When
He ascended on high, He led
captive a host of captives, And He
gave gifts to men.” 9 (Now this expression, “He
ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower
parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is Himself also He who
ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) 11 And
He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists,
and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the
saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to
the fullness of Christ.” God first
gifts a person and then calls him/her to use their gifts in the body of
Christ.
2.2.
Now, we see the
Lord is telling Moses the names of men He is calling to oversee and complete
the work of construction of the various elements of the Tabernacle. In these callings we get a glimpse into how
God gives spiritual gifts to people in the church even today. The Lord tells Moses that He has worked into
these men’s the ‘Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in
knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship.”
2.3.
‘Bezalel’
is the first man mentioned by the Lord in this regard, and we read here that he
is ‘the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
2.4.
The second man
mentioned is to work with Bezalel, and his name is ‘Oholiab,’ and he is
the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
2.5.
The Lord tells
Moses that He has worked in many people’s lives so that at this time they would
come together for the construction of the Tabernacle and its various elements,
‘in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill that they may make
all that I have commanded you.’
2.6.
It will take
people with various skills and wisdom in their craftsmanship in order to make
everything according to the pattern that the Lord has communicated to Moses.
2.7.
Each one who had
been gifted from God with wisdom to perform certain crafts was to be involved
in the construction of the various elements of the Tabernacle. In the same way, in the body of Christ it is
essential that every member of the body of Christ use the spiritual gifts that
they have received. 1 Peter 4:10: “10 As each one has received a special
gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold
grace of God.” If every member of
our physical body is not performing its proper function then the body is not
healthy nor able to function as it was created to function. Each member of the body of Christ is to led
by Jesus Christ, the head, but is also supposed to work in interdependence upon
each other member. A foot is not
connected to the neck, nor is a hand, nor a kidney. Each member is interconnected and needs to
work interdependent upon the other members of the body in order for the body to
be able to function effectively.
3.
VS 31:12-18 - “12
The Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 13 “But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying,
‘You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and
you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14 ‘Therefore
you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it
shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person
shall be cut off from among his people. 15 ‘For six days work may be
done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the
sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 16 ‘So the sons of
3.1.
In concluding the
requirements for the construction of the Tabernacle, the Lord reminds Moses of
the fourth commandment, that of keeping the Sabbath day holy. The one who works or in some way profanes the
Sabbath day is to be cut off from his people.
The commandment is called ‘a perpetual covenant’ that is to be
observed ‘throughout their generations.’
3.2.
For the first
time, the Lord calls the Sabbath observance as a ‘sign between Me and the
sons of
3.3.
In conclusion,
the Lord ‘gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony,’ which were the
stone tablets in which the Ten Commandments were inscribed by the finger of
God.
4.
CONCLUSIONS:
4.1.
As we consider
this last study regarding the requirements for the construction of the Tabernacle
it is just amazing to see how the Lord created each element of the Tabernacle
to reflect Jesus Christ. It is all about
Jesus Christ. He is preeminent in all
things, all things exist to Him and for Him, and all things will be consummated
in Christ.
4.2.
Jesus Christ is
worthy of all of our worship, and when we look in the book of Revelation we see
that as He is seated on the throne in the heavenlies that all of the mighty
cherubs and creatures there are continually giving Him the worship that He is due: Revelation 5:12: “12 saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and
might and honor and glory and blessing.””.
4.3.
Is Jesus Christ
your Lord and your Savior? Is He your
all and all? Is He reflected in every
aspect of your life?