I see that you. brother, have been involved with a life-sized tabernacle display. Wow.
Look at all these occurances of the word 'cunning'and 'curious.' And see how the filling of the Spirit of Jehovah enabled the construction workers, especially the foremen. ;-)
Ex. 26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. Ex. 26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: Ex. 28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. Ex. 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. Ex. 31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, Ex. 35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; Ex. 35:31 And he hath >>> filled him with the spirit of God<<<, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; Ex. 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, Ex. 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. Ex. 35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Ex. 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. Ex. 36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. Ex. 36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. Ex. 38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. Ex. 39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. Ex. 39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Let's do all we do - even "artsie" things - for the Lord and show forth the beauties of holiness! Ps 110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Talking about order and beauty...the Tabernacle is just full of order and design in the colors, materials and construction that speaks so clearly of Christ and of believers who are made members in His Body.
Years ago, I'd often read all the dimensions etc given in Exodus 25-40 but never really understood what it looked like till I heard a brother give ministry on the Tabernacle using a large model of it. A visual presentation is a tremendous help to see how all the parts are related.
I speak to folks on our tours about the Tabernacle being a family picture. Just as most of us look for ourselves whenever we see a family picture for the first time, so I encourage folks to see if they can see themselves in the family picture in the Tabernacle!
If any of you expect to be any where near NE Indiana (Brighton, to be exact) this summer, make a point to sxtop by and see us! Tours are every hour on the hour from 9-5 Mon to Sat. and 1-5 on Sundays.
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I have been reading in the Old Testament and reading just how beautiful the temple in the wilderness was and also Solomon's temple. How beautiful it would be to see what the High Priest wore, it sounds colorful and very beautiful. My understanding is that the High Priest'sutfit was made out of blue and had these beautiful gems set in gold. And also the top of the ark of the covenant was a solid slab of gold. Now that is neat! And you could go on and on. You know God was not boring, the temples were beautiful.
I live in Orlando and they have the Holy Land Experience here. I've never been to it. I'd like to take my son there for school, I home school and I thought it might be a nice spiritual learning experience for him.
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