94 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 8 - The Ten Commandments and the Tabernacle

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 8 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE TABERNACLE Exodus 20-36 Please turn to Exodus 23, We will be skipping a couple of chapters. We will take a brief look at Israel's history, leading up to the Book of Daniel, and when we get to the Book of Daniel we will stop and indeed study prophecy for a while. Then on top of that, in order to compensate for the breaking of the moral law, God gave them what I like to refer to as the ritual, or the system of worship. Before we get to the Tabernacle, I would like for you to stop in Chapter 23. God intended for them to trust him explicitly. So what were some measly little Canaanites (maybe some were 7 feet tall), but what are they with such a God. So God's intention was as soon as the Tabernacle is completed, which will be in a year, God wants them to raise it up, so He can take them straight North into the Promise Land. Exodus 23:20 "Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared." The Angel of God, The Angel of the LORD, is always God the Son. There is only one Redeemer in Scripture and that is God the Son. Jehovah in the Old Testament and Christ in the New Testament. Exodus 23:23,24b,25 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods,... And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee." Now verse 27: Exodus 23:27 all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee." Now reading verse 29: Exodus 23:29-33a By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines (the Mediterranean); and from the desert unto the river (Euphrates, that is the river in Scripture): for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me:...." Deuteronomy 1:19-21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it,...." The Israelites. Unbelief. People just cannot break down and say "Yes I believe what God says." Of course it will be a Tabernacle. Who knows why this is called a Tabernacle? What is the other word for tabernacle? Tent. Now the apostle Paul also refers to our body as a tabernacle. Now, let's look at Chapter 25. God has called Moses up again unto the top of the mountain. Exodus 25:1-5b "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, `Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. Exodus 25:6,7 Egypt. Remember when they came out of Egypt, they spoiled Egypt. God had all this in mind. It was a Sovereign God who caused those Egyptians to give of their wealth. Israel just simply took Egypt's wealth, not because they took by deceit, but by a Sovereign God. Now, we will start on the Tabernacle building in verse 9. As God is now giving instructions for this Tabernacle an amazing thing comes up. In heaven. Now let's look at verse 8: Exodus 25:8,9 God said to Moses "I'm going to give you the instructions to build this tabernacle on earth, patterned after one that is in heaven." For that ,we must go back to the Book of Hebrews Chapter 9. Creation. Now let's read on. Hebrews 9:12 "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his (Christ) own blood he entered in once into the holy place, (his little room behind the vail was called the Holy of Holies, and Christ went into the one in heaven as our High Priest. Do you see why a study of the Tabernacle is so appropriate? As man would approach God, he would come from here. Now, it is interesting that as God gives his instructions for all of this, He begins with this piece of furniture. (The Ark of the Covenant) Because you see when God deals with man in salvation, where does everything have to begin? Always remember, man does not look for and find God. God. God did. Mankind will never, of his own volition, go looking for God. God has to make the first move. Exodus 25:23a "And thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood (Or Acacia wood):...." If you read, they took this little tree and we read that some of the boards are 18 inches wide. Then we come to the golden candle stick, and God gives instructions on how to build that, and it will be out of beaten gold. Now, come to Chapter 30 for a moment. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible