God’s Word is His supernatural power for accomplishing His supernatural work. That’s why our eloquence, innovations, and programs are so much less important than we think; that’s why we as pastors must give ourselves to preaching, not programs; and that’s why we need to be teaching our congregations to value God’s Word over programs. Preaching the content and intent of God’s Word is what unleashes the power of God on the people of God, because God’s power for building His people is in His Word, particularly as we find it in the Gospel (Rom. 1:16). God’s Word builds His church. So preaching His Gospel is primary (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).
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TABERNACLE

TABERNACLE

  1. Moses was commanded to make after a divine pattern # Ex 25:9 26:30 Heb 8:5
  2. Made of the free-will offerings of the people # Ex 25:1-8 35:4,5,21-29
  3. Divine wisdom given to Bezaleel to make # Ex 31:2-7 35:30-35 36:1
  4. CALLED THE 4a) Tabernacle of the Lord

    # Jos 22:19 1Ki 2:28 1Ch 16:39

4b) Tabernacle of testimony or witness # Ex 38:21 Nu 1:50 17:7,8 2Ch 24:6 Ac 7:44 4c) Tabernacle of the congregation # Ex 27:21 33:7 40:26 4d) Tabernacle of Shiloh # Ps 78:60 4e) Tabernacle of Joseph # Ps 78:67 4f) Temple of the Lord # 1Sa 1:9 3:3 4g) House of the Lord # Jos 6:24 1Sa 1:7,24 5) Was a moveable tent suited to the unsettled condition of Israel # 2Sa 7:6,7 6) Designed for manifestation of God’s presence and for his worship # Ex 25:8 29:42,43 7) THE BOARDS OF 7a) Made of shittim wood # Ex 26:15 36:20 7b) Ten cubits high by one and a half broad # Ex 26:16 36:21 7c) Had each two tenons fitted into sockets of silver # Ex 26:17,19 36:22-24 7d) Twenty on south side # Ex 26:18 36:23 7e) Twenty on north side # Ex 26:20 36:25 7f) Six, and two corner boards for west side # Ex 26:22-25 36:27-30 7g) Supported by bars of shittim wood resting in rings of gold # Ex 26:26-29 36:31-33 7h) With the bars, covered with gold # Ex 26:26-29 36:34 8) The door of, a curtain of blue and purple suspended by gold rings from five pillars of shittim wood # Ex 26:36,37 36:37,38 9) COVERINGS OF 9a) The first or inner, ten curtains of blue, purple, &c joined with loops and golden taches # Ex 26:1-6 36:8-13 9b) The second, eleven curtains of goats’ hair # Ex 26:7-13 36:14-18 9c) The third of rams’ skins dyed red # Ex 26:14 36:19 9d) The fourth or outward of badgers’ skins # Ex 26:14 36:19 10) Divided by a vail of blue, purple, suspended from four pillars of shittim # Ex 26:31-33 36:35,36 40:21 11) DIVIDED INTO 11a) The holy place # Ex 26:33 Heb 9:2-6 11b) The most holy place # Ex 26:34 Heb 9:3,7 12) Had a court round about # Ex 40:8 13) The table of show-bread, the golden candlestick, and the altar of incense were place in the holy place # Ex 26:35 40:22,24,26 Heb 9:2 14) The ark and mercy-seat put in the most holy place # Ex 26:33,34 40:20,21 Heb 9:4 15) COURT OF 15a) One hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide # Ex 27:18 15b) Surrounded by curtains of fine line suspended from pillars in sockets of brass # Ex 27:9-15 38:9-16 15c) The gate of, a hanging of blue, purple, &c twenty cubits wide, suspended from four pillars, &c # Ex 27:16 38:18 15d) Contained the brazen altar and laver of brass # Ex 40:29,30 15e) All the pillars of, filleted with silver, &c # Ex 27:17 38:17 15f) All the vessels of, made of brass # Ex 27:19 16) First reared, on the first day of the second year after the exodus # Ex 40:2,17 17) WAS SET UP 17a) By Moses at Mount Sinai # Ex 40:18,19 Nu 10:11,12 17b) At Gilgal # Jos 5:10,11 17c) In Shiloh # Jos 18:1 19:51 17d) In Nob # 1Sa 21:1-6 17e) Finally at Gibeon # 1Ch 16:39 21:29 18) Anointed and consecrated with oil # Ex 40:9 Le 8:10 Nu 7:1 19) Sprinkled and purified with blood # Heb 9:21 20) Sanctified by the glory of the Lord # Ex 29:43 40:34 Nu 9:15 21) The Lord appeared in, over the mercy-seat # Ex 25:22 Le 16:2 Nu 7:89 22) The cloud of glory rested on, by night and day during its abode in the wilderness # Ex 40:38 Nu 9:15,16 23) The journeys of Israel regulated by the cloud on # Ex 40:36,37 24) THE PRIESTS 24a) Alone could enter # Nu 18:3,5 24b) Performed all services in # Nu 3:10 18:1,2 Heb 9:6 24c) Were the ministers of # Heb 8:2 25) THE LEVITES 25a) Appointed over, and had charge of # Nu 1:50 8:24 18:2-4 25b) Did the inferior service of # Nu 3:6-8 25c) Took down, and put up # Nu 1:51 25d) Carried # Nu 4:15,25,31 25e) Pitched their tents around # Nu 1:53 3:23,29,35 26) Free-will offerings made at the first rearing of # Nu 7:1-9 27) Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of # Nu 7:10-87 28) All offerings to be made at # Le 17:4 De 12:5,6,11,13,14 29) Punishment for defiling # Le 15:31 Nu 19:13 30) A permanent house substituted for, when the kingdom was established # 2Sa 7:5-13 31) ILLUSTRATIVE 31a) Of Christ # Isa 4:6 Joh 1:14 Heb 9:8,9,11 31b) Of the Church # Ps 15:1 Isa 16:5 54:2 Heb 8:2 Re 21:2,3 31c) Of the body # 2Co 5:1 2Pe 1:13 31d) (The holy of holies,) of heaven # Heb 6:19,20 9:12,24 10:19 31e) (The vail,) of Christ’s body # Heb 10:20 31f) (The vail,) of the obscurity of the Mosaic age # Heb 9:8,10 Ro 16:25,26 Re 11:19