Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Dec 5, Tue - The Tabernacle & The Golden Calf

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Memory Quiz 5b: Proverbs 16:5-8 (ESV)

HandoutsNone given

Reminders:
Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2018
Devotion 1 PresentationBe ready to present on your day! See class schedule.
Devotion 2: Due Jan 8, Take lessons learned from Devotion 1 as you write this. Re-read the instructions (this lists your Devotion 2 Book Choices). Start this early to make it good!

Instructional Time: Unit 5: Exodus 21 - Leviticus 22
Journal 5-4: Study Packet, Page 14
- 1) How did God show His glory?
- - In the form of a cloud
- 2) Where did His glory go? 
- - In the Tabernacle
- 3) How did Israel know when to ‘set out’ as they moved around the wilderness? 
- - The cloud would pick up from one location & go to another; they followed it each time.

Exodus 25-31: The Tabernacle: Study Packet, Page 2
The Tabernacle: God tells Moses how to build this
- This tent symbolized God’s holy presence w/His people
- - Holiness increased as you moved further inside it
- - This symbolized that God is totally righteous & separate from our sin
- Tabernacle Parts
- - Holy of Holies: Innermost room w/the Ark of the Covenant
- - - Only the High Priest (that year’s leading priest) could enter this
- - - - Only on the Day of Atonement
- - - - To request God’s forgiveness for Israel
- - - Sacrifice blood was put on the “Mercy Seat”
- - - - This is just above the Ark where God revealed His presence & offered forgiveness
- - Veils: These separated God’s presence from the people
- - Altar of Incense: Incense was burned here
- - - These symbolized our prayers & how God is pleased by them
- - Lampstand: This lit up the Holy Place
- - Table of Showbread: Weekly 12 loaves were placed here as an offering to God & a reminder of His provision for Israel
- - Altar of Sacrifice: Israel gave God offerings/sacrifices on this
- - Bronze Laver: Priests used this tub of water to wash before their service
- God gifted two men to help with building this:
- - Bezalel & Oholiab: The Spirit of God gave them skills, abilities, & knowledge to...
- - - Work with gold, silver, bronze, stones, cloth, wood, & +!
- - - Teach others how to do these crafts!

Exodus 25-31: Theology & Anthropology: Study Packet, Page 3
Theology:
- - God as totally righteous & separate from our sin
- - God shows us mercy when He forgives us & is with us
- - The person & work of Jesus is foreshadowed in the Tabernacle:
- - - Sacrifice: He offered Himself, cleansing us from all sin (1 Peter 3:18)
- - - Lampstand: He gives light to the world (John 8:12)
- - - Showbread: He provides for all our spiritual needs (John 6:35, 6:51ff)
- - - Incense: He prays (intercedes) to the Father for us (Heb. 7:25)
- - - The Veil: His broken body brought us to God’s presence (Heb. 10:20)
Anthropology:
- - Sin totally separates people from God
- - Only in God’s gracious way can we have our relationship with Him healed
- - A relationship with God is an undeserved privilege
- - God gives us gifts to use for: His glory & His people’s good
- - Our right prayers please God

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