Erika and Veronica conclude their study on Exodus. They wrap on the lessons on the Tabernacle and show what we can learn from the priests. They also jump to Exodus 40 and show how the book ends overall.
Questions to Consider:
What lessons can we learn from the Tabernacle?
What lessons can we learn from the priests?
What thoughts would have gone through your head when the Tabernacle was completed and God's presence filled it?
What is the cliff hanger that ends the book Exodus? How does Leviticus answer that cliff hanger?
What are your overall lessons from Exodus?
Here is the book on sacrifices:
What about the Sacrifices, Book (ffoz.com)
Here are the youtube videos on sacrifices:
The Temple and Fall Feasts - Lesson 4 - Sacrifices pt 1 - YouTube
The Temple and Fall Feasts - Lesson 5 - Sacrifices part2 - YouTube
You can join us on our Facebook page called "The Context and Color of the Bible" as well as Erika's website erikavanhaitsma.com.
In order to prepare for this study we used the following books or articles:
Exploring Exodus by Nahum Saran
Exodus: God, Slavery, and Freedom by Dennis Prager
The JPS Commentary on Exodus by The Jewish Publication Society
Messiah - Issue 24
Exodus: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible by Thomas Joseph White, OP
Exodus: A Mentor Commentary by John L. Mackay
Shadows of the Messiah by First Fruits of Zion, book 2
Miqra Journal - Winter 2003
Music: Tabuk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4453-tabukLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Erika and Veronica conclude their study on Exodus. They wrap on the lessons on the Tabernacle and show what we can learn from the priests. They also jump to Exodus 40 and show how the book ends overall.
Questions to Consider:
What lessons can we learn from the Tabernacle?
What lessons can we learn from the priests?
What thoughts would have gone through your head when the Tabernacle was completed and God's presence filled it?
What is the cliff hanger that ends the book Exodus? How does Leviticus answer that cliff hanger?
What are your overall lessons from Exodus?
Here is the book on sacrifices:
What about the Sacrifices, Book (ffoz.com)
Here are the youtube videos on sacrifices:
The Temple and Fall Feasts - Lesson 4 - Sacrifices pt 1 - YouTube
The Temple and Fall Feasts - Lesson 5 - Sacrifices part2 - YouTube
You can join us on our Facebook page called "The Context and Color of the Bible" as well as Erika's website erikavanhaitsma.com.
In order to prepare for this study we used the following books or articles:
Exploring Exodus by Nahum Saran
Exodus: God, Slavery, and Freedom by Dennis Prager
The JPS Commentary on Exodus by The Jewish Publication Society
Messiah - Issue 24
Exodus: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible by Thomas Joseph White, OP
Exodus: A Mentor Commentary by John L. Mackay
Shadows of the Messiah by First Fruits of Zion, book 2
Miqra Journal - Winter 2003
Music: Tabuk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4453-tabukLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Veronica: Do you ever want to dive deeper into the Bible but you just don’t know where to begin? Or struggle to feel like you even have the time? When you read the Bible, do you get frustrated because you know there’s so much more in there, you just have no clue how to get it out? Or maybe you want to know the Bible better and you’re looking for any resource to help. Then this is the podcast for you. Welcome to the Context and Color of the Bible podcast. I’m Veronica, I’m Erika and we’re sisters who love the Bible and we love to help others understand it better. We have found when it comes to our own study of scripture, that bringing context adds so much to our understanding. It actually adds color to the black and white pages of the text.
Erika: I think Veronica, on our last opening I forgot to say our names now that I think about it. I don’t remember doing that.
Veronica: You didn’t and that’s okay.
Erika: You handled it very well. You just rolled with it. Thanks.
Veronica: Flexible little me, just roll with the punches. And anyone who knows me, knows I’m not flexible.
Erika: But she’s very gracious.
Veronica: But this is episode seventeen, and we are finishing Exodus today!
Erika: It has been such a journey.
Veronica: It’s been amazing.
Erika: I feel like I have learned so much about this book.
Veronica: I know, aren’t you so glad I said “let’s do Exodus?”
Erika: I am, that was such a good idea. My wise older sister…
Veronica: You should have seen the look of panic when I said it to her months ago. I think we’d be planning Exodus since the spring, April or May. So we are excited to get to this final podcast.
Erika: And sad.
Veronica: Yes, but I’m ready for…
Erika: I am too, I’m excited about our next one. But I remember when I first did a Bible study on the Tabernacle when I was in seventh grade and it was thirteen weeks and I got to the end and the author has Moses die and I wanted to weep. Because I was like “noooo.”
Veronica: Yes, I do remember when Moses and Paul, I did the life of Paul, it was always like, ohhh. But we’re not having Moses die in Exodus because he dies in Deuteronomy.
Erika: That’s right, so we are not going there.
Veronica: Yes, we’re leaving Moses at the end. Or Exodus does. But, let’s jump back in. Because last week, Erika, we were talking about- we’re not going in depth, obviously it’s twelve chapters, we’re instead pulling out lessons we can learn. And we had talked about just the beauty and the wealth and the riches that were used in building the Tabernacle and what those different things represented and how they represented God.
Erika: And we’re not going specifics, because there are a lot of studies out there that do a great job breaking down each article, what it meant, how it was made, what it looked like, you can look it up online. So we’re not going to break it down for you, because there are other places that do that. We want to add.
Veronica: Right, we want to add to the conversation. But with that, one thing that I think is important because we get a very specific list of weight, of the amount, of how much gold, silver, jewels, linen, that they used and it was interesting. On the one hand, you need that because they are going to pass it down for generations, and there are today people who are trying to…
Erika: Right, they’re preparing to rebuild the third temple and they know what they need.
Veronica: So they have very specific instructions and they have a material list. But also, by having a material list visible to everybody it cuts out any embezzling or greed or kickbacks or bribery that could happen and you see that in other governments, in other building projects throughout the centuries.
Erika: Right. They take a little off the top, because you don’t know exactly how much you’re going to need.
Veronica: God is not a God shrouded in mystery. Therefore, His temple is not going to be shrouded in mystery. Well, maybe we used this much, maybe it cost this much. No, God wants it all plain, up front, for everyone to see.
Erika: Right, so the priests, so Moses, so Aaron…
Veronica: There’s accountability in that. Think if you supported a ministry and they didn’t let you see where your funds went. If they went, oh, you just need to see this.
Erika: You just need to trust us. We’re using it wisely.
Veronica: Or if it’s like big categories, well it just went here. God is so specific. There was no generalizing even. Well, that’s this part of the ministry and there was nothing hidden. So there could be nothing shady going on which I think is just fascinating.
Erika: Everything’s above board. And then eventually Moses says, stop, you’ve brought too much. Tell me any other building project or any other person that honestly has said that. And I’m sure there may easily be somebody but it’s not very common.
Veronica: But because the people weren’t required to bring anything, Erika. It was free, which is just even in and of itself everyone brings what they can.
Erika: Right, so you had both rich and poor. Those who had lots, those who had little, both had an equal investment into this Tabernacle, because it was for everybody. Didn’t matter how much you owned or how little you owned. Both could give. And both men and women were involved in the making of the Tabernacle. Yes, women could not be priests, and I think there are specific reasons for that, above and beyond just the whole sexual conduct that we talked about last week but women helped in the making of the Tabernacle, but women and men both approached God the same way. It was a very equalizing experience to go, now yes, women had other things that they had to sacrifice for, men had other things they had to sacrifice for, God didn’t destroy the distinction between men and women, they were still distinct. Distinct but equal. Equal in the way they came to God, which I think is something our society desperately needs to remember.
Veronica: Those women were weaving. They were putting that embroidery in. I don’t quilt, I don’t do many crafts, but I know people that do. And what’s the funny thing? They always want to show you, even as they’re working on it, look what I’m doing, and then when they are done, they want to show you. And I get it, they’re proud of what they’ve done.
Erika: Yeah, it’s a lot of work of what they’ve done.
Veronica: They’ve put the time in. I mean, my grandma cross-stitched. When you’re working on something people often say, “oh I can’t wait to see when it’s done.” So there’s a good healthy pride in look what I’ve accomplished.
Erika: Right, look what we’ve accomplished together.
Veronica: So as a community that would bond everyone when they put their time and talents and abilities in and they worked together to do it. That would give them all a sense of “look what we did.” And when you’ve done something, maybe you’ve painted a picture, you enjoy showing it off. That’s why we do it. Because it is nice to hear “wow, that’s really good.” You want to have people see the beauty in what you’ve created.
Erika: You know, it’s sad, we don’t have, in America we don’t have cathedrals. We’ve very…
Veronica: Modern?
Erika: Modern. Very young history. And there’s something about cathedrals, as a society, a community coming together, creating something beautiful that would outlast them. And last even longer than their children and their grandchildren. And what a sense of accomplishment for the community, of hope, of pride. And just this knowing this will outlast. My great-grandchildren will look on this and I was a part of it. I helped make this happen-that’s something in America today I don’t think we completely…
Veronica: Well we don’t have buildings around that are that old. But you do, you see those cathedrals in Europe…
Erika: It’s amazing.
Veronica: And they are awe-inspiring. They are majestic.
Erika: They’re supposed to be awe-inspiring.
Veronica: Because you sit there and say, how did they do that?
Erika: Right, and what kind of a God is that for?
Veronica: And so, stop and appreciate the beauty. Stop and appreciate what this would have meant to the Israelites and to the world around them. So, what else Erika?
Erika: Well, it’s interesting. In the Ancient Near-East, when this was originally written, apparently it was somewhat common for a lot of writings to go say, here’s what the deity wants, and here’s what the people did. God giving it to Moses and Moses rewriting. That’s the literary style. So I think that’s part of it. I think another thing though that we can learn from the Tabernacle is that there’s one God, so there’s one Tabernacle. If you have multiple gods, then have multiple temples. But when you have one God, He wants one meeting place, one altar, so that there’s not confusion…hey, one God, but three altars. Well maybe there’s three or four or five. So I think you need to remember that- one God, one altar, one Tabernacle. We can talk about the priesthood a bit.
Veronica: Yep, I wasn’t sure if you were ready to jump there.
Erika: Oh, wait, one last thing.
Veronica: Nope, she’s not.
Erika: Sorry! I’m looking through my notes. I found this fascinating. Everything in the Tabernacle functions to shield and protect the holier structure beneath it. So like you have the tents, the coverings on the outside-which are covering the beautiful fabric on the inside, which is covering the holy, in the most holy place on the inside. And then you get to the Ark of the Covenant, and you have the wings that are covering, that are shielding the cover. You have the cover of the Ark covering, sorry, I am totally screwing up my words.
You have, help me here. You have the wings that are shielding the cover of the Ark. You have the cover that is actually shielding the Ark. You have the Ark that is shielding the Ten Commandments within it, and then you have the Ten Commandments that shield civilization. Does that make sense?
Veronica: I think you got it all. I visually pictured it as you went down.
Erika: Did you? Okay.
Veronica: When you said I’m screwing up, I thought “oh wait, engage. Picture.”
Erika: Thank you. But the other thing too is just, notice where the gold is versus where the silver is versus where the bronze is, you know. The gold is where the king resides. As you get farther away from His presence, then you get into the silver, then you get into the bronze. So even the metal they used and where they used it, God was very specific. The best metal goes with me. And then the cheaper metal can be outside.
Veronica: And there was no iron because iron often had to do with war.
Erika: Ahhh
Veronica: Dennis Prager said that.
Erika: Oh, that was very good.
Veronica: Yes, so you can tell him that. All right. Now are you ready?
Erika: Yes, thank you
Veronica: To jump.
Erika: Yes.
Veronica: I think that was a good point. But one of the things we’ve talked about is God has set apart a time, Sabbath, to meet with Him. God has then set apart a place, the Tabernacle, to meet with Him. It would only make sense then, that He would set apart a people.
Erika: And He does.
Veronica: He does. And it was originally supposed to be the entire nation. We need to hit on this again, it was supposed to be the entire nation of priests and then the whole golden calf incident caused them to be a nation of priests to be a nation with priests. And so therefore, He’s going to set apart these priests, these Levites to look and act differently. And you mentioned last week, one of the things you said last week Erika was that because God is a God of life, the priests weren’t allowed to be and touch a dead body. Because they remind people that God is a God of life. But obviously one of the most, easiest ways to set someone apart is in how they dress and how they look. So God very specifically goes through how the priests’ clothes are to look. And I thought too of even, there’s modesty. Again, God set worshiping Him apart from the pagan nations. There’s not nudity, there’s not inappropriate, it’s God saying my people, my priests look different.
Erika: They’re modest. It’s not about the body. The body’s to be covered, it’s about Me.
Veronica: You also had some other things on the regulations of who could be a priest, did you want to get into that?
Erika: Yeah, I heard this taught years ago. It’s fascinating. Nobody with a disability could be a priest. And it was specifically men, not women.In our society that sounds horrible, that’s discrimination. But let’s look at this practically. God is a God of practicality. And the Bible is very practical, very realistic. Sometimes you have huge bulls that you are supposed to sacrifice. The person who brings the sacrifice is to help you slaughter the animal but then the priest has to butcher it and carry that carcass up to the altar. What if you have one hand that doesn’t work? Or what if you have a leg that doesn’t work? Or what if you’re blind? Or what if you can’t hear? You know, that puts you in danger, that puts your other priests at risk. What if you fall and drop that sacrifice in the dirt? Or you spill the blood of that sacrifice all over the ground? There’s just some very practical reasons why…
Veronica: Or you just don’t have the strength and ability because of your disability to carry it.
Erika: Right, because, what did you say Veronica? There was an age limit even. You weren’t just always a priest. It started at a certain age and ended at a certain age.
Veronica: I want to say twenty to fifty. But don’t quote me on that.
Erika: We’re not one hundred percent.
Veronica: But the idea was, there was an age where you aged out of being a practicing priest because you physically don’t have the strength you had.
Erika: Right. Because you’re doing this day in and day out of sacrificing, carrying animals, slaughtering, bringing the blood, the animal…
Veronica: And the other thing I found fascinating was God tells them how to look. And then when you get into the anointing, just the spices in the anointing oil, cinnamon, cassia, that’s very similar in smells and there’s just a strong smell that just permeates everything and it lasts forever. And so they smelled differently. I know if you walk by someone in the store or in your office and they have perfume or aftershave on, you often smell it.
Erika: And if they wear the same thing every day, you begin to go, oh I know that perfume.
Veronica: Yes, so the priests-they looked differently, they smelled differently, they put bells on their clothes so they sound different. You could hear them coming or moving around and you see how God uses our senses in to set a reminder of who they are. They have been set apart because there’s an elaborate ceremony that we’re not getting into, of taking time to set these men apart. To say, you have a job to do. And you brought up several weeks ago that the priests had some restrictions but then the high priest had even more restrictions. And so the closer they get in their intimacy and their service to God, there’s more restrictions of what they can and can’t do.
Erika: Yes. If you want to be close to God, that comes at a cost. Not just anybody gets to enter into God’s holy space. But God allows, like there’s the vow of the Nazarite. The Nazarite vow allowed a layman to enter another sphere of holiness for the time being. You could take the vow of the Nazarite, but then you had added restrictions. No wine, no death, you couldn’t cut your hair. Both men and women could take that Nazarite vow. So it allows you to move up that sphere of holiness but it comes at a cost. In our relationship with God, there is a cost. Yes, salvation is freely given, Israel did nothing to be redeemed from Egypt. God did all of that Himself. But once He brought them out of Egypt, ok, now you’re mine. And now there is a cost to being a part of this kingdom. And it’s worth it. It will be repaid a billion times over, but there’s still a cost.
Veronica: And so you see that with the priests. You also saw with the priests this was passed on from generation to generation through the fathers. But even in doing that, God makes sure there’s no bribery, there’s no corruption.
Erika: You can’t buy your way in.
Veronica: Right. It’s not a popularity contest.
Erika: Right, so they’re not concerned about being re-elected and having to say what everybody wants to hear. This sets them free to say what people need to hear instead of what people want to hear. Because you actually see during the days of Jesus and Paul, the Romans take over the high priesthood and you start buying into it. And that’s where Caiaphas and Annas , the father-in-law. He buys into the high priesthood. And he has so much wealth and power, his four sons and a son-in-law all become high priests after him. And the temple becomes so corrupt that God eventually allows it to be destroyed again. And that’s what God is trying to protect by having a hereditary priesthood. Yes, it comes with other issues because we’re sinful people that screw up easily, but He is trying to protect it from that corruption, that power grab, the bribery. They’re supposed to be just. They’re supposed to be focused on God, and living life His way to show the people what God is like and teaching the people about God’s commands. That is their duty as priests.
Veronica: But again, it goes back to, there’s no secrecy. There’s nothing back door deals going on, we all know how you became a priest.
Erika: Right. You were born into it.
Veronica: Yes, I mean, again, just all these ways God knows the temptations, the sin, the way satan will work to corrupt.
Erika: And we can come along and say it doesn’t sound fair. But you know what, God isn’t fair.
Veronica: No, but it also comes at a cost. There were rules.
Erika: It does. There were rules. They had to marry in the family. Like you said, there was death, they weren’t allowed to be a part of. There were a lot more rules.
Veronica: So, do you have any other thoughts before we head to Exodus forty?
Erika: Um, I just, that degree of holiness, I think I’ve just been learning so much about a priest and how important that is. You know, when Moses and Aaron initiate, when they finally consecrate the priesthood and God’s presence fills, or again with the Temple and God’s presence, when you have a priest, that priest can go places you can’t. Into the presence of God. And then that priest is able to bring the presence of God back in ways that you can’t as a layman. There’s such an amazing gift with the priesthood, God’s presence would be so real and so powerful because of the way God set it up. And it just, again, knowing the fact that Jesus is our high priest, is able to enter places we can and bring the presence of God to us in ways we couldn’t without Him. And what a gift that high priesthood is. But that is a whole thing for another day.
Veronica: Right, phew Er…we still have Exodus forty to get to! But that’s good reminders. Exodus forty. Should we all shed a tear? We are coming to the end of the book. Because we’re not going to get into, what I love though is, it says and they did what God commanded. We saw them really royally screw up with the golden calf but they learned. They took their disobedience, learned from it, and they obeyed. And they did exactly what God commanded them to do. And so now, they set up this Tabernacle, Moses and the people. I was going to look it up and I can’t remember how long it took them.
Erika: I think it was nine months. Because it was less than a year.
Veronica: Ok, we’ll go with that. I got distracted by my children today. But they took time building, constructing this. And when you think there’s a million plus people working on…
Erika: Nine months, yeah.
Veronica: Working on that. And so they set it up and then it would be like…now what? What’s going…I’m, it’s not like God told Moses, ok here’s what’s going to happen, here’s what to look for. So they set it up and then I liked how you said it when we were discussing this earlier Erika.
Erika: How did I say it?
Veronica: About how the Rabbis teach…
Erika: Oh, it’s a quote. Let me grab that quote. All right, okay. So this a quote, well sort of a quote, sort of me just rewriting it. According to the sages, Moses and the people were in doubt when they saw the finished Tabernacle. Would a God whose very being filled the universe actually dwell in a tent made of goat skins? And if Mount Sinai shook and thundered and the air itself was on fire because of God’s presence, could, would the Tabernacle explode right in front of their eyes the moment God’s presence entered it? Which I had never thought about.
Veronica: I hadn’t thought about that either. Just seeing God’s presence come down on Mount Sinai, what that did to a mountain of solid stone.
Erika: Right and that was shaking. What in the world was this tent going to actually do? Could the living God really dwell in something made by human hands? And here’s the quote. The sages say the angels continually immerse themselves in rivers of fire that flow out from under the throne of God to purify themselves before joining their voices to the eternal chorus of praise. So even these perfect beings purify themselves in fire flowing in God’s presence to enter his presence and to praise Him. Umm, it’s that part of the angels, what about men coming as priests into His presence and praising Him. You know, the Sages say that the angels are the priests at the Temple in Heaven. So if that’s what the angels have to do, what in the world are Aaron and his sons, like really, how are they supposed to enter this amazing presence of God but God did. He didn’t stop. The presence of God entered the Tabernacle.
Veronica: Can you imagine?
Erika: Like that would have been mind-blowing. To have this cloud, to know that God’s presence was there.
Veronica: I just wonder, did it glow?
Erika: Was there thunder and lightning in the Tabernacle?
Veronica: Yes, what was that like? I mean, to have all these people surrounding watching. And it would be like, how close did you get? You know? Ok, I’m going to back up now. But that’s where the book of Exodus ends.
Erika: It starts in darkness and pain and death and suffering in Egypt and it ends with this amazing gift, God is now dwelling in the Tabernacle in the midst of His people. But, Veronica, are His people able to enter the Tabernacle?
Veronica: No! I’m looking, it said, verse thirty-five, Moses couldn’t enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. And all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tabernacle, they would set out. But if the cloud did not lift, they would not set out until the day it lifted. So the cloud of the Lord was over the Tabernacle by day and fire was in the cloud by night and the sight of all the house of Israel during all their travels. So we’re left, Moses is just…
Erika: I can’t go in there. He could enter in at Sinai but this is something all together…
Veronica: But this is something completely different, set apart.
Erika: Yes, this is more…
Veronica: More powerful, more awe-inspiring, more glory-filled.
Erika: That even Moses couldn’t enter the Tabernacle at that moment. But then you’re almost left with this, oh but this is the whole point. Like we’ve gone through redemption, and covenant to be to this point and God, nobody can enter Your presence. There’s still a separation, a boundary. How are we going to cross that boundary. Well, we’re not going to answer that.
Veronica: No, because the book of Exodus doesn’t answer it.
Erika: No, it ends on a cliffhanger. An exciting moment, like woah! Like the climax…
Veronica: And the curtain falls.
Erika: And everybody’s left…ohhh wait!
Veronica: But, we do need to answer it in a way because we are not coming back next season to answer it. So, would you like to tell us what the answer is?
Erika: The answer is the book of Leviticus. A book that my husband, I will brag on him for a minute, spent a year studying, to better understand, but we had some very good professors that taught us how to appreciate it.
Veronica: But the book of Leviticus opens with that conjunction and. We actually don’t have it in our English translations, because it’s continuing the story.
Erika: Right, so everybody’s left, here’s the cliffhanger of Exodus, and Leviticus immediately goes, here’s how you safely enter God’s presence.
Veronica: And the Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent. So you have God going, we’re not done, let’s dwell together. And that’s what essentially what the book of Leviticus is about.
Erika: Yes, the holiness of God.
Veronica: How to enter into God’s presence. So we sit there and we go, oh Leviticus, uh, hard book, but Leviticus is all about how to worship God. Here’s how you come into my presence safely because I want to dwell with you.
Erika: There’s some books out there about sacrificing that were eye opening.
Veronica: There’s a YouTube video by Erika too.
Erika: There’s a YouTube video, yes, about sacrifices, that just was eye opening. About how much sacrifice is not about sin, it is about entering the presence of God safely to dwell with Him on this earth safely. And then one day forever, yes.
Veronica: And I will put one of those excellent resources in the show notes. It’s First Fruits of Zion What About Sacrifices? That was mind boggling.
Erika: It was, that was eye opening.
Veronica: Ohh, I get it.
Erika: It just brought the sacrifices to life. I wish we had a Temple and could sacrifice.
Veronica: So, Erika, we need to tell our listeners what to expect over the next couple of weeks.
Erika: Merry Christmas! Is this before or after Christmas?
Veronica: After.
Erika: Ok, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.
Veronica: How about Happy New Year!
Erika: Happy New Year! We actually are going to be taking a little break. We know it’s been a full season for everybody, we’re just heading into it now. But by the time this airs…
Veronica: This will air on December 27th.
Erika: Oh Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah.
Veronica: Anyways, I’m going to get to the point. We’re going to take a couple weeks off.
Erika: Right, the month or just two weeks?
Veronica: We’re coming back in mid-January.
Erika: To let you guys catch up.
Veronica: Yes, because we did take longer than we had told you at the beginning, but we’re going to come back mid-January.
Erika: Right. Are we telling them?
Veronica: We can tell. They’ve made it through Exodus, we can tell them.
Erika: If they’ve made it this long.
Veronica: We are jumping into the book of….
Erika: Acts!
Veronica: Yes, we are going from the Old Testament to the New Testament. And we’re actually in a way seeing a lot of connections.
Erika: A lot of connections.
Veronica: Yes, of God dwelling with His people and what do you do when God dwells and Jesus has been dwelling among us and is now back in heaven. So we’re excited, we don’t know how many weeks it will be.
Erika: We’re not even going to pretend, we’ll see.
Veronica: Yes. But we hope you’ve enjoyed our study on Exodus.
Erika: You know, we would love to have feedback. What was your favorite part? What was something that amazed you from the book of Exodus? What’s a truth you’ve walked away with from this book?
Veronica: And would you like to study Exodus again? But, thanks for joining us, we have our Facebook group, you can join us for conversations, the Context and Color of the Bible, we have Erika’s website, you can leave comments there, ErikaVanHaitsma.com. But if you listen to this podcast and you like it, it helps us to pop up in the charts and the searches if you rate it, if you share it, review it, if you subscribe, if you review it. If you do that, that helps other people find us and share this message. Thanks for joining us and we’ll talk to you in a couple of weeks. Bye!