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God instructed the Israelites to build the Tabernacle so He could spend time with His chosen people. Because of Jesus, God now gets to spend time with us, His chosen people, whenever He wants!
Hello and welcome to the Christians on College Campuses Podcast. My name is Will from the University of Oklahoma, and today we are talking about Exodus chapter 39. So recently, the Israelites have been acting on the instructions that God gave to Moses on top of Mount Sinai. They are doing this so the Israelites can spend time with God without dying because of their sin. And as we will talk about a little bit later, we have it a bit easier. The craftsman made beautiful sacred garments of blue, purple, and scarlet cloth, clothing for Aaron to wear while ministering in the holy place. Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, Bezalel made the ephod of finely woven linen and embroidered it with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread. He made gold thread by hammering out thin sheets of gold and cutting it into fine strands. With great skill and care he worked it into the fine linen with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread. The ephod consisted of two pieces, front and back, joined at the shoulders with two shoulder pieces. The decorative sash was made of the same materials, finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple and scarlet thread, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. They mounted the two onyx stones in settings of gold filigree. The stones were engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel, just as a seal is engraved. He fastened the stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as a reminder that the priest represents the people of Israel. This was all done just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Bezalel made the chest piece with great skill and care. He made it to match the ephod using finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread. He made the chest piece of a single piece of cloth, folded it to form a pouch nine inches square. They mounted four rows of gemstones on it. The first row contained a red carnelian, a pale green peridot, and an emerald. The second row contained a turquoise and blue lapis lazuli, and a white moonstone. The third row contained an orange jaquinth, an agate, and a purple amethyst. The fourth row contained a blue green barrel, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones were set in gold filigree. Each stone represented one of the twelve tribes of Israel, and the name of that tribe was engraved on it like a seal. To attach the chest piece to the ephod they made braided cords of pure gold thread. They also made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings and attached them to the top corners of the chest piece. They tried the two gold cords to the rings of the chest piece. They tied the other ends of the cords to the gold settings on the shoulder pieces of the ephod. They made two more gold rings and attached them to the inside edges of the chest piece next to the ephod. Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the front of the ephod below the shoulder pieces, just above the knot where the decorative sash was fastened to the ephod. They attached the bottom rings of the chest piece to the rings on the ephod with blue cords. In this way the chest piece was held securely to the ephod above the decorative sash. All this was done just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Bezalel made the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue woven cloth, with an opening for Aaron's head in the middle of it. The opening was reinforced with a woven collar so it would not tear. They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe. They also made bells of pure gold and placed them between the pomegranates along the hem of the robe, with bells and pomegranates alternating all around the hem. This robe was to be worn whenever the priest ministered before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. They made tunics for Aaron and his sons from fine linen cloth. The turban in the special head coverings were made of fine linen, and the undergarments were also made of finely woven linen. The sashes were made of finely woven linen and embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Finally, they made the sacred medallion, the badge of holiness of pure gold. They engraved it like a seal with these words, holy to the Lord. They attached the medallion with a blue cord to Aaron's turban, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. And so at last the tabernacle was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they brought the entire tabernacle to Moses, the sacred tent, with all its furnishings, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases, the tent coverings of tanned ramskins and fine goatskin leather, the inner curtain to shield the ark, the ark of the covenant and its carrying poles, the ark's cover, the place of atonement, the table and all its utensils, the bread of the presence, the pure gold lampstand with its symmetrical lamp cups, all its accessories, and the olive oil for lighting, the gold altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, the curtain for the entrance of the sacred tent, the bronze altar, the bronze grating, and its carrying poles and utensils, the wash basin with its stand, the curtains for the walls of the courtyard, the posts and their bases, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard, the ropes and tent pegs, all the furnishings to be used in worship at the tabernacle, the beautifully stitched garments for the priest to wear while ministering in the holy place, the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests. So the people of Israel followed all of the Lord's instructions to Moses. Then Moses inspected all their work. When he found that it had been done just as the Lord had commanded them, he blessed them. So everything the Israelites made were so they could spend time with God. But that's the Old Testament. In the New Testament, we get to spend time with God whenever we want. Where in the Old Testament, as we will read more in the Bible, we'll see that they have to be at either a the tabernacle or B some random place that God shows up. Like Moses, we will see, spoiler alert, Moses will now talk to God from the tabernacle, and not from the top of Mount Sinai, not from a burning bush, not from all those places, right? Well, God can talk to us from anywhere today. He can He can talk right now. He can give us guidance and wisdom to do His will, whatever He wants it to be. And that's because of Jesus. Jesus came to earth and died for our sins so that we could spend eternity with God, but we have to choose it. God loves us so much and wants to have spend this time with us, but in order to do that, we must accept Jesus into our life as our Lord and Savior. And when you pray these words, nothing special will happen. But you will be made new in Christ and will be able to spend eternity with him. For more resources on that, click the link in the description below. But if you are ready to take that step, repeat after me. Dear God. I admit that I'm a sinner in need of a savior. I believe you died. And rose again. To pay the price for my sin. Lord, save me. Change me. Make me new. From this day forward, I will follow you. And in Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
