Day 1

Scripture to Read: Exodus 25:1–22

God had to have a place to live among the Israelites so they could worship Him and hear from Him as He led them each day. In Exodus 25:1–9, God told Moses that the people needed to “raise a contribution” for Him. Then, Israelites were to donate “gold, silver and bronze, 4 blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, 5 rams ’skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, 6 oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece” (Exodus 25:3–7). The Israelites would build a sanctuary for God with everything God told them to donate. God began to lay out His plan by telling Moses how to make the ark of the testimony. A great video depicting what it might have looked like (they also read the Scripture in which God laid out the details of the ark of the testimony to Moses) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejXOYayxjU. God told Moses this in Exodus 25:22: “There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.” This is a beautiful reminder that God has always chosen to fellowship with us. As Christians, we get to fellowship with our Lord daily because Christ perfectly fulfilled God’s Law and then did the same in us (Romans 8:2–4).

Challenge & Application

· What do you do each day to take advantage of God’s invitation to fellowship with Him and learn from Him? · How much different would it be to fellowship with God if we still had to go to a man-made sanctuary?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

God had to have a place to live among the Israelites so they could worship Him and hear from Him as He led them each day. In Exodus 25:1–9, God told Moses that the people needed to “raise a contribution” for Him. Then, Israelites were to donate “gold, silver and bronze, 4 blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, 5 rams ’skins...

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Day 2

God gave Moses the details for the table that was to be built for His sanctuary. This table would hold the bread of Presence. God told Moses, in Exodus 25:30, “You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.” God gave more detail about the bread of Presence in Leviticus 24:5–9, “Every sabbath day he shall set it i...

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Day 3

As God continued to give Moses specific instructions about every article to be placed within His tabernacle in Exodus 25:31–40, God gave Moses the instructions on how to build the lampstand. To see the golden lampstand, to hear God’s Word read, and to help you better understand what it might have looked like, click here: https://www.youtube.c...

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Day 4

In Exodus 26:1–14, God gave Moses the details about the curtains that would cover the Tabernacle. It’s interesting that God begins with the curtains and that each layer was to be made specifically according to God’s plan. The first ten curtains were to have the images of cherubim woven on them. This is significant because the cherubim are in ...

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Day 5

In Exodus 26:15–37, God gives Moses all the details for the walls of the Tabernacle, as well as the veil within the Tabernacle separating the Holy place from the Holy of Holies, and even the screen for the doorway into the Holy place. Every intricate detail was given to Moses so that God’s Tabernacle would be ready for the priests to offer up...

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Day 6

We read about the Altar of Burnt Offering in Exodus 27:1–8. The Hebrew word for altar is best defined a “killing place.” There must be death (the shedding of blood) for the atonement of sin. Without the blood, there is no redemption. God’s Word reminds us of this Truth in Hebrews 9:22, “And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things...

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Day 7

In Exodus 27:9–19, God gives Moses the details for the walls of the outer courtyard. You can get a good idea of what it was like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d_x5br8Zqc. The significance of the courtyard was that all of Israel must enter there to bring their sacrifices. As we know, only the priests were allowed in the Tabernacle and...

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