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 ]