Exodus 40:1–16
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to the culmination of the book of Exodus. This can feel like a letdown to the modern reader. We want soaring narrative, not an assembly manual from a divine IKEA. But to think this way is to fundamentally misunderstand what is happening. This is not an anticlimax; it is the entire point. The three great movements in Exodus are God's deliverance of His people, His giving of the law to His people, and His establishment of His dwelling place among His people. God saves them, He instructs them, and then He moves in with them. This final act, the setting up of the tabernacle, is the goal toward which everything has been driving. It is the beginning of a new Eden, a restoration of the fellowship that was lost in the garden. This is not just about a tent in the desert; it is about the architecture of Heaven coming down to earth.