Exodus 30:17–21
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that has forgotten the terror and the glory of true worship. Modern evangelicals often treat their approach to God like a casual drop-in, as though the Almighty were a friendly neighbor you could greet in your sweatpants. We have domesticated God, made Him manageable, safe, and frankly, a bit boring. But the God of Scripture, the God who established the Tabernacle, is anything but safe. He is a consuming fire, and to approach Him is the most perilous and glorious thing a man can do. The entire structure of the Tabernacle is a lesson in mediated access. There is blood, and there is fire, and there is water. The altar is for sacrifice; the laver is for cleansing. To try to approach God on the basis of a sacrifice alone, while your hands and feet are still caked with the filth of the world, is to invite death.