Exodus 36:14–19
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
It is very easy for the modern Christian, accustomed to a diet of spiritual abstractions, to let his eyes glaze over. We want the soaring principles, not the specifications for goat hair curtains and bronze clasps. But to do this is to miss the point entirely. And He is teaching us something profound about Himself, about His creation, and about the nature of our redemption in these very details. The book of Exodus has three major movements: deliverance, law, and tabernacle. First, God powerfully saves His people from bondage in Egypt. Second, He gives them His law at Sinai, teaching them how to live as His covenant people. Third, He gives them the blueprints for the tabernacle, condescending to dwell in their very midst. He saves them, He instructs them, and then He moves in. This is not just Israel's story; it is the pattern of all true religion.