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March 17, 2023
A God on the Move
We can learn many wonderful lessons from the design and construction of the tabernacle in the book of Exodus. But overarching them all is the fact the tabernacle is not a permanent monument as seen in Egypt but a temporary dwelling that could be packed up and carried when God began to move. The lesson for us today is to be a mobile people. If you want to experience all God has for you, be ready to move when He says go.
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A God on the Move (Out of Zion Episode #169)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, there are many wonderful lessons that we can learn from the design and the construction
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of the tabernacle in the book of Exodus.
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But overarching them all is the fact that the tabernacle is not a permanent monument
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to God.
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It is a temporary dwelling that can be packed up and carried when God began to move.
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This God wanted to lead his people to their promised land.
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And the lesson for us today is be a mobile people.
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If you want to experience all God has for you, be ready to move when he says move.
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Well, welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just a little
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inspiration and bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
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We took a break last week from our Torah readings in order to talk about Purim.
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So this week we're covering two weeks worth of Torah portions.
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So it's from Exodus 30 verse 11 all the way to the end of the book chapter 40 verse 38.
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We are going to be talking a lot about the building of the we're going to be reading
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a lot about the building of the tabernacle this week and exactly the way that the Israelites
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were instructed to build it and also every article inside.
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But I find it interesting that God did not instruct them to build a permanent building
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that would be a monument to him.
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That's certainly what they were used to seeing in Egypt.
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No God tells him to build a mobile dwelling because this God is not going to stay in one
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place.
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He even instructed them to put permanent poles on the two sides of the Ark of the Covenant
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so it could easily be picked up and carried when God was on the move.
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Now you might be thinking well this is only because they weren't yet in the promised land.
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Well possibly.
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But do you know that even after they entered the promised land it was another several hundred
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years before they built a permanent building.
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And even when King David toed God he wanted to build him a permanent house.
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God said what do I need a house for?
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Of course he did then let David's son Solomon build the temple in Jerusalem.
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But for hundreds of years he had been meeting with his people in a temporary mobile tent
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called the tabernacle.
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So the tabernacle indicated that the God of Israel was on the move and the people had
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better be prepared to move with him.
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It's very interesting to note also that both Abraham and Moses were men of an urban cultured
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life who were called out of it and to follow God almost as a nomad to follow this mobile
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God.
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So in fact in the book of Genesis when Abraham is first referred to as a Hebrew it's not
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talking about his ethnicity or his language or his religion as we tend to read back into
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that word.
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At the time of Abraham that word a biru meant a people that lived on the fringe of society
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they were like a wandering people a nomadic people.
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So God chose a wandering people and in fact called them into a wandering life in order
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to follow him.
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The message for all of us is this don't get stuck in your rut keep looking for the cloud
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and the pillar of fire and if you see it begin to move you'd better pack up and move with
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it because your God is a God on the move.
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And with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, there are many wonderful lessons that we can learn from the design and the construction
2
00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,400
of the tabernacle in the book of Exodus.
3
00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:15,280
But overarching them all is the fact that the tabernacle is not a permanent monument
4
00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:16,280
to God.
5
00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:23,240
It is a temporary dwelling that can be packed up and carried when God began to move.
6
00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:27,440
This God wanted to lead his people to their promised land.
7
00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,440
And the lesson for us today is be a mobile people.
8
00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:39,280
If you want to experience all God has for you, be ready to move when he says move.
9
00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:44,480
Well, welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just a little
10
00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:50,200
inspiration and bring a little peace to the close of your very busy week.
11
00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:55,600
We took a break last week from our Torah readings in order to talk about Purim.
12
00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,360
So this week we're covering two weeks worth of Torah portions.
13
00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:08,000
So it's from Exodus 30 verse 11 all the way to the end of the book chapter 40 verse 38.
14
00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,040
We are going to be talking a lot about the building of the we're going to be reading
15
00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:19,200
a lot about the building of the tabernacle this week and exactly the way that the Israelites
16
00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:24,200
were instructed to build it and also every article inside.
17
00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:29,760
But I find it interesting that God did not instruct them to build a permanent building
18
00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,760
that would be a monument to him.
19
00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:36,000
That's certainly what they were used to seeing in Egypt.
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00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,800
No God tells him to build a mobile dwelling because this God is not going to stay in one
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00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,200
place.
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00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:49,600
He even instructed them to put permanent poles on the two sides of the Ark of the Covenant
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00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,720
so it could easily be picked up and carried when God was on the move.
24
00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,920
Now you might be thinking well this is only because they weren't yet in the promised land.
25
00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,720
Well possibly.
26
00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:07,320
But do you know that even after they entered the promised land it was another several hundred
27
00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,840
years before they built a permanent building.
28
00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,680
And even when King David toed God he wanted to build him a permanent house.
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00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,120
God said what do I need a house for?
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00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:24,680
Of course he did then let David's son Solomon build the temple in Jerusalem.
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00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:32,880
But for hundreds of years he had been meeting with his people in a temporary mobile tent
32
00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,880
called the tabernacle.
33
00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,640
So the tabernacle indicated that the God of Israel was on the move and the people had
34
00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:42,920
better be prepared to move with him.
35
00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:50,720
It's very interesting to note also that both Abraham and Moses were men of an urban cultured
36
00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:59,320
life who were called out of it and to follow God almost as a nomad to follow this mobile
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God.
38
00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:07,520
So in fact in the book of Genesis when Abraham is first referred to as a Hebrew it's not
39
00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:13,720
talking about his ethnicity or his language or his religion as we tend to read back into
40
00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,000
that word.
41
00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:22,800
At the time of Abraham that word a biru meant a people that lived on the fringe of society
42
00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,680
they were like a wandering people a nomadic people.
43
00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:35,040
So God chose a wandering people and in fact called them into a wandering life in order
44
00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,600
to follow him.
45
00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:44,200
The message for all of us is this don't get stuck in your rut keep looking for the cloud
46
00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:50,760
and the pillar of fire and if you see it begin to move you'd better pack up and move with
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00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:55,840
it because your God is a God on the move.
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00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:07,200
And with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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