Looking back upon the large set of instructions that Yahweh gave to Moses for the construction of the tabernacle, we should again remind ourselves of the truth of Beale calling the tent of meeting “Eden remixed.” We have seen this with the garden imagery of the tabernacle, as well as the gold and precious stones …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fme87cehrvqNGvI78SaP3?si=89a0dedb32024f24 In our previous study, we began the final section of the catechism, which is called Restoration. As we noted back in Question 2, the premise of this section is to know “how I am to lead a thankful life of holiness and sexual purity in conformity to and union with Christ.” Question 27-30 initiated …
With Exodus 31, we reach the conclusion of God’s instructions for the tabernacle that He gave to Moses. These instructions began in chapter 25 and, in the context of Exodus, took place over a span of forty days and forty nights upon the summit of Mount Sinai. As we have said before, the reason that …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3d9BqJuD0NlppKi3gAkHWH?si=052c81d636aa40e4 As we begin the fourth and final part of this catechism, we should remind ourselves that Questions 1-2 are the introduction to everything. This catechism is aiming to teach us how we can find the comfort of our new identity in Christ. Now that we have seen the goodness of God’s design (Part 1), …
My son, be attentive to my words;incline your ear to my sayings.Let them not escape from your sight;keep them within your heart.For they are life to those who find them,and healing to all their flesh.Keep your heart with all vigilance,for from it flow the springs of life.Put away from you crooked speech,and put devious talk …
As we should remember by now, the context for our present chapter is that Moses is at the summit of Mount Sinai in the presence of Yahweh, who is giving to the prophet instructions and showing him the patterns for the building of the tabernacle. The tabernacle would also be called the tent of meeting …
Continue reading Incense, Taxes, Oils, & the Bronze Basin | Exodus 30
William McEwen once wrote: As the sun paints the clouds with a variety of glorious colors, which in their own nature are but dark and lowering vapors exhaled from the earth, so when the Son of righteousness arises, even the carnal ordinances and commandments of the law, dark and earthly as they seem, are gilded …
Continue reading The Garments & Consecration of the Priests | Exodus 27:20-29:46
Presently, in our study of the book of Exodus, we are considering the instructions for the building of the tabernacle that Yahweh gave to Moses in the span of forty days upon Sinai. As we have noted, the instructions began with the ark of the testimony, the most holy item that would reside in the …
We always keep Genesis 1-3 closely at hand because, through those chapters, we are able to make sense of intermingled wonders and sorrows both around us and within us. The whole process of creation in Genesis 1 builds toward the LORD's creation of mankind, male and female, in His image and after His likeness. Even …
Continue reading That I May Dwell in Their Midst | Exodus 26
Having previously defined what prayer is, we might expect this question to address the content of our prayers. However, that is the following question: What should we pray? Yet the New City Catechism rightly places this question before that one. We should note this order well. When discussing prayer, it is all too easy to …
Continue reading Question 39: With What Attitude Should We Pray?
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