MOSES IN MOUNT SINAI RECEIVES GOD'S REVELATION.
Moses In The Mountain With Yahweh For Forty Days and Nights (Exodus
25:1 to Exodus 31:18).
After receiving the covenant and putting it into writing Moses was
called by Yahweh to go up to Him into the Mountain. The Great Overlord
wished to establish t... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVISION FOR MAKING THE DWELLINGPLACE: THE PEOPLE CALLED ON TO MAKE
THEIR OFFERINGS (EXODUS 25:1).
We may analyse this passage as follows:
a The children of Israel to be called on to make an offering according
to their willingness (Exodus 25:1).
b The offering was to be of gold, silver and braze... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THRONE AND COVENANT CHEST OF YAHWEH (EXODUS 25:10).
The Making of the Ark (Exodus 25:10).
The analysis of this section stresses the make up of the Ark (Exodus
25:10).
a They were to make an Ark (chest) of acacia wood covered with gold
and a moulding of gold round about (Exodus 25:10).
b Fou... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PURPOSE OF THE ARK (EXODUS 25:15).
a Into the Ark was to be put the Testimony which Yahweh will give them
(Exodus 25:15).
b A mercy-seat or place of propitiation was to be made to cover the
Ark as a kind of lid, and on it, made as one piece with the lid, were
to be two cherubim of gold at eac... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD AND THE SEVEN-BRANCHED LAMPSTAND (EXODUS
25:23).
This Table and Lampstand were a perpetual reminder of Yahweh's
provision for His people, and especially of His gifts of bread, and of
life and light, and could be seen as a constant appeal to Him (through
their maintenance) to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOLDEN LAMPSTAND (EXODUS 25:31).
The making of this may be analysed as follows:
a The lampstand to be made of beaten work of pure gold: its base, its
shaft its cups, its buds and its flowers, all made of one piece with
it (Exodus 25:31).
b As well as the shaft it has to have six branches goin... [ Continue Reading ]