Exodus 25:31–40
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
When God decides to move into a neighborhood, He does not do it haphazardly. He is not a disorderly God, and His presence among men is not an afterthought. The second half of the book of Exodus is a detailed, meticulous, and glorious description of the Tabernacle, which was God's portable mountain, His dwelling place among the children of Israel. Our modern sensibilities, which are often allergic to detail and liturgical form, can tempt us to skim these chapters. We see lists of materials, measurements, and instructions, and we think it is little more than an ancient architectural manifest. But to do this is to miss the point entirely. Every cubit, every talent of gold, every piece of furniture is a sermon. It is a shadow, a type, a pointer to a greater reality that was to come.