Good day dear friends.
Here is our study guide for today: Friday: Exodus 24, 25, 26. What articles in a contemporary house of worship might be seen as comparable to the ark, the table, the lampstand, and the curtains?
It was about five years ago that a replica of the Tabernacle came to Schertz, Texas. Yes, Schertz, Texas. It was sponsored by a local church and for the price of admission one could go inside and see what the actual Tabernacle ("Dwelling" as this Message version calls it). The ministerial alliance of Northwest San Antonio took a bunch of us to see it. It was very impressive. The people who made this replica took great pains to make it exactly as The Bible explains it and it included the ark, the table, the lampstand, and the curtains.
What would be comparable in one of today's churches to those items mentioned? I can't think of a modern day ark per se, our altar comes the closest, and the table would be our altar table, and the curtains would be the kneelers at the altar; and the lampstand would have to be the candles on our altar table. These are just symbols of worship. They are not sacred to us. They are special and should be held as such, but they are not God and not worthy of our worship or praise. They're made by human hands, actually molds and machines, but serve to remind us of the presence of God. Where is the Tabernacle today? The ark? The other items? In a huge US government warehouse in Area 51? No one knows, nor does it matter. Their existence is recorded in the pages of our holy book and serve to remind us that our God is worthy to be praised!
Whatever you hold holy in your life, let those things be shadowed by the majesty of God. Only God is worthy. Only God deserves our praise.
PRAYER: Living God, I praise You and love You and I place You first in my life. May all things that I've thought to be holy find the right place in my life, which is after You. Help me to be holy in my actions. Let me be an instrument of worship today and all days. I pray in Jesus' name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
Here is our study guide for today: Friday: Exodus 24, 25, 26. What articles in a contemporary house of worship might be seen as comparable to the ark, the table, the lampstand, and the curtains?
It was about five years ago that a replica of the Tabernacle came to Schertz, Texas. Yes, Schertz, Texas. It was sponsored by a local church and for the price of admission one could go inside and see what the actual Tabernacle ("Dwelling" as this Message version calls it). The ministerial alliance of Northwest San Antonio took a bunch of us to see it. It was very impressive. The people who made this replica took great pains to make it exactly as The Bible explains it and it included the ark, the table, the lampstand, and the curtains.
What would be comparable in one of today's churches to those items mentioned? I can't think of a modern day ark per se, our altar comes the closest, and the table would be our altar table, and the curtains would be the kneelers at the altar; and the lampstand would have to be the candles on our altar table. These are just symbols of worship. They are not sacred to us. They are special and should be held as such, but they are not God and not worthy of our worship or praise. They're made by human hands, actually molds and machines, but serve to remind us of the presence of God. Where is the Tabernacle today? The ark? The other items? In a huge US government warehouse in Area 51? No one knows, nor does it matter. Their existence is recorded in the pages of our holy book and serve to remind us that our God is worthy to be praised!
Whatever you hold holy in your life, let those things be shadowed by the majesty of God. Only God is worthy. Only God deserves our praise.
PRAYER: Living God, I praise You and love You and I place You first in my life. May all things that I've thought to be holy find the right place in my life, which is after You. Help me to be holy in my actions. Let me be an instrument of worship today and all days. I pray in Jesus' name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
