Exodus 26:31–35
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that believes architecture is fundamentally about pragmatism. A building is to keep the rain off and the heat in, and if it does that, it has fulfilled its purpose. But God does not think this way, and Christians must not either. When God gives instructions for a building, as He does here with the tabernacle, every detail is saturated with theological meaning. God is teaching His people the grammar of reality, not just with words, but with acacia wood, gold, silver, and finely woven linen. The modern church, in its rush to be relevant and casual, has constructed a multitude of buildings that are intentionally non-descript. The reasoning is that we don't want to be stuffy or traditional; we want to be welcoming. But in doing so, we have built our theology, or lack thereof, into our architecture.