Exodus 36:35–38
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
When we come to these detailed descriptions of the tabernacle's construction, our modern, pragmatic minds are tempted to skim. We see lists of materials, measurements, and methods, and we think it is little more than an ancient architectural blueprint, interesting perhaps to the historian, but not immediately relevant to our lives. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand what God is doing here. Every detail in the tabernacle is a word from God. It is a sermon in acacia wood and gold. God is not just giving Israel a tent; He is giving them a miniature cosmos, a portable Mount Sinai, a re-established Eden. The story of the Bible is Paradise, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained. In Genesis, God walked with man in the garden. The entire sacrificial system, the law, and the tabernacle are God's gracious provision to make a way for man to come back into His presence, albeit carefully and through a mediator.