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Week 6: (Days 036-042): God living among His people

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Week 6: (Days 036-042): God living among His people", an episode of The Bible Recap published February 12, 2026 (33 min, about 5,816 words). It mentions 7 people, works and ideas, including Yahweh, Anna Moses, Mind War, Egypt, Aaron Solomon.

What this episode is about

The discussion explores the significance of the tabernacle in Exodus 25 and 26, emphasizing that it served as a unique worship space designated by Yahweh for the Israelites, distinct from other nations' places of worship. While other cultures had their own altars and shrines, the tabernacle's specific design and purpose were divinely instructed, highlighting the importance of adherence to God's directives in worship.

Key takeaways

  • The Tabernacle’s divine blueprint sets it apart; unlike human-made temples, it’s God’s architecture for worship.
  • Archaeologists find similarities in worship spaces, but none match the detailed divine specifications of Israel's tabernacle.
  • Other religions worship man-made deities; Israel’s worship structure uniquely receives instructions straight from the true God.
  • In Israel, God dwelt with His people, unlike pagan idols; the Tabernacle is literally 'God amongst us.'
  • When Israel strayed, they built their own shrines, proving the timeless struggle between following God versus human desires.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: Yahweh, Anna Moses, Mind War
  2. – 10:00: Mind War, Aaron Solomon
  3. – 15:00: Anna Moses, Mind War, Egypt
  4. – 20:00: Mind War
  5. – 25:00: Yahweh
  6. – 30:00: Yahweh, Mind War, Egypt, Leviticus

Notable quotes from "Week 6: (Days 036-042): God living among His people"

  • But it wouldn't have been because the one true God, Yahweh, told them to do that. that's what we get to see.
    about Yahweh · at
  • He's God. Y I mean when Solomon's talking about the temple in first Kings 8 27 he says heaven in the highest heaven cannot contain you.
    about Aaron Solomon · at
  • And I may consume them in order that I may make a great nation of you. But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, Oh Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people…
    about Anna Moses · at
  • Something we'll read about a little bit later in Leviticus. But everyone's favorite book. Exactly. A little bit of a preview of what we learned about the altar in Leviticus.
    about Leviticus · at
  • The three things were the stone tablets with the ten commandments.
    about Rabbi David Aaron · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Anna Moses — Person · Primary biblical figure discussed (leader/intercessor) · 2 mentions · first at
    Central figure in the Exodus passages discussed: receives tabernacle instructions, intercedes after the golden calf, and presses for assurance of God's presence.
  • Aaron Solomon — Person · Referenced biblical figure (example/illustration) · 1 mention · first at
    Cited to show God cannot be contained by a building; used as a theological support for 'God didn't need the tabernacle' (1 Kings 8:27).
  • Rabbi David Aaron — Person · Referenced biblical figure (tabernacle artifact association) · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in connection with the Ark of the Covenant contents ('Aaron's staff that budded'), supporting discussion of tabernacle furnishings and symbolism.

Books & papers

  • Mind War — Book · Primary recommendation · 5 mentions · first at
    Main biblical text discussed, detailing the construction of the tabernacle and God's instructions to Moses.
    What a gift. The next question comes from day 40 and the passage or two verses really that it comes from is Exodus 32 10 and 11.
  • Leviticus — Book · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in passing regarding the altar's fire burning continually before the Lord.

Concepts & topics

  • Yahweh — Concept · Core topic · 5 mentions · first at
    Central deity in the discussion, described as the one true God who gave specific instructions for worship.

Places & events

  • Egypt — Place · Setting · 2 mentions · first at
    Historical context for the Israelites' exodus and comparison of worship practices.
    Moses implored the Lord his God and said, Oh Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty…

Full transcript with timestamps

Hey Bible readers, welcome to TBR Deep Dive. I'm Emma Daughter. I'm Kirsten McCloskey. And we are so excited to jump into some great questions today.

The first comes from day 38 and a couple chapters, Exodus 25 and 26. And these chapters, we love them. They describe a lot of details about building the tabernacle. God tells Moses, "Have the people bring offerings." And then he he gives some architectural instructions, the designs for for the ark of the covenant, the table, the lampstand, the tabernacle itself,

curtains, frames, and everything in between. It's it's a lot. So the question, was the tabernacle unique to the Israelites, or did other nations have places of worship that were similar, places of worship like this? Mhm. Yeah. Such a cool question. I think one of the amazing things about the tabernacle, as I'm thinking about it, is that it gave the Israelites a specific place to worship Yahweh that he told them

to do. He told them to make, he told them the way he wanted it. Did the detail, the tiniest detail. Yes. Exactly. So other cultures certainly had places of worship. I mean, I think we see, you know, earlier in the story, like in Genesis, people are making altars and all of that. So, there's clearly places where people are just kind of building alter altars and worshiping gods. Um, but there would have certainly also been places where people would have come together to worship. I think that that would have been kind of a normal cultural thing.

Um, but it wouldn't have been because the one true God, Yahweh, told them to do that. Like, that's what we get to see.

A good distinction. Yeah. And so they might have thought, you know, there might be legends or things about, oh, our God told us to be here or whatever, but we just see the true God and the way that he wants his people to worship him.

Yeah. And and it's the details. So archaeologists, they've they've uncovered Egyptian and Mesopotamian shrines or temples that on the surface look somewhat similar in structure, holy spaces, restricted access, and symbols pointing to their their god's power. But to your point, the level of specificity of revelation from God to the people as to what they should build is on an entirely different level than what these other religions were doing.

Yeah. And I think when we think about other false gods and false religions, that worship is created by humans

for humans because it's what they want. Yeah. Because they wouldn't say it's for humans. They would say it's for their their gods,

right? But in in that it's that it's kind of that reality that we always end up if we're not looking to the true God, we always end up just making God in our image. Yeah, exactly. Um

but this was not the case for the Israelites. They were given these very clear instructions for from the one true God for how their worship structure should look and how their worship should go and who should be doing what. And I just think that is so remarkable and unique.

Yep. It is certainly unique. Yep. Another unique and incredible distinction is that the tabernacle might have been similar in its basic structure layout, but the God who filled it

was a key difference, right? So cool. Israel's neighbors built temples or shrines for gods who couldn't speak or act or save. Y

but Israel's tabernacle was designed by God himself down to the smallest detail and filled with his very presence. It was a a portable dwelling unlike permanent pagan temples

because the true God wanted to go with his people into the wilderness through the wilderness and come out on the other side and continue to dwell with him.

Yeah. Which is that is so cool. Huge. Yeah. That is so cool. Um, and I think throughout the rest of the Old Testament, we'll also see that when Israel is sinning against God, so again, this is going forward in the story,

they actually set up their own places of worship. So, they kind of go outside of these boundaries and that is really a big

I think it helps us see again just the importance of like this was the way God was

this design mattered. All these things mattered. Exactly. This was the way that they were to worship. And so when they go outside of those boundaries, which we'll see later on, they're disobeying God. They're rebelling. And that's generally at times where they're struggling with idolatry.

Yes. So that's kind of an interesting thing to think about. It's so interesting to think about that the living God chooses to dwell with the very people who do what you just described, who will veer off course, who will go the wrong way, who will start to copy the bad examples.

Y in those other nations that they would maybe copy when they started going crazy with their own shrines and stuff,

they would build spaces to to reach up to their gods, their little GDs. But the tabernacle was God

reaching down to be with Israel. And that's the heart of the gospel, too. God coming near ultimately through Jesus to dwell with us.

Yeah. Amen. That is so cool. The tabernacle is cool. The you guys, the tabernacle is so cool. I do actually would love to know if some of our Bible readers really love the details of the tabernacle. you know, if there's a certain kind of personality type

is excited about that's into that passages. I want to know. I want to know. I'm sure you're out there.

I'm sure you're out there and I'd love to hear what it is about it that is great for you.

For me, it's words on a page and it's very difficult to picture. I like the referencing a study Bible where it gives you a rendering of what it probably looked like and then I can appreciate the details more

cuz I'm not having to imagine it on myself on my own. Me imagining it is just blank in my head. So yeah, I need the help. All right, let's go on to the next question, which is still from this same section of Exodus. So Exodus 25-26,

all those details, all the details with the tabernacle. And kind of cool going off of what we were just talking about. So did God need a tabernacle in order to dwell with the people? Or was this just the way that he decided to do it?

It's good. So, I mean, you can't deny that in Exodus 25, God's giving details, detailed instructions so that he could dwell among his people. That's 258.

Mhm. But did he need to live with them quote unquote in the tabernacle? Like, was this

the only option? Like, it was the only way he could do it. Of course not. No. He's God. Y

I mean when Solomon's talking about the temple in first first Kings 8 8 27 he says heaven in the highest heaven cannot contain you.

Oh that's so the creator of the universe doesn't need a tent to move in. Right.

I mean he's he's everywhere. Yeah. Right. Um so why the tabernacle? That was the way God chose. Yeah.

That's what he chose. And if you think about the cultural at the time as we've already talked about there were similarities in structure. Uh he chose to dwell with his people in a way they could understand.

Yeah. Which is a visible reminder of his holiness, of his accessibility through sacrifice at the time, right?

Or or really all the time. Just sacrifices looked different then and his presence right in the middle of the camp. It wasn't about God being limited,

but God graciously and generously accommodating himself to pursue these people.

Yeah. Yeah. And I think the no God didn't need the tabernacle, but the amazing thing is that he wants to be known by the people that he created. So he chooses different ways kind of throughout the story, you know, which we've already seen some ways he's revealed himself. This is another way that he's revealing himself to his people um and which then will be his revelation to the whole world through the nation of Israel. So it displayed his presence and I think it also like what you were mentioning with the holiness piece, it allowed Israel to worship him in the way that he desired, in the way that

recognize that God is holy. The Israelites are not yet this is the way that they're going to be able to interact with him. And I think it's like when humans are left to their own to figure out worship and just do what they want it. They turn to things like

child sacrifice, you know, like this is what the the nations are doing. Child sacrifice. It's basically just like a big sinfest. And so it's the opposite

of what God desires in worship. It's the opposite of holiness. Um, and so I think yeah, our instincts for maybe the way we would worship God or the instincts for how the Israelites would worship God,

they're they're falling short of what the standard is broken, right? And so God had to teach his people this was the proper way to worship

at this time in this culture, in this setting, right? And this is where we come to this tent. And I love picturing being an Israelite living in my tent and you walk out of your tent in the morning and it's like there's the tabernacle, there's the Lord.

His presence is there. I I don't know. I just I was thinking about that thinking

that would be really cool. Yeah. To just have that. I'm so visual. And so I think

having that kind of like visual representation right there. Totally. Well, and that's like Okay. So, you take that truth

Mhm. and you think, what's the principle about God's nature that we can be reminded of from these two chapters that are full of a ton of details?

Yes. That's so good. Israel is a lot more like us than we often want to admit. Yeah.

And similarly to you and to me, they probably desired or even needed a visible reminder that God was with him.

And he provided it. Yeah. Like he he gave them a tangible reminder. And tangible reminders are helpful for us too. So that can be things like

scripture in our hands. Like we have the tangible reminder that they didn't have of a printed Bible in our language in our hands.

Uh communion at the table, the gathered church gathering together with other believers.

None of those things contain God because now his spirit lives in us. But they remind us of his nearness. That he cares enough to preserve his word. That he cares enough to move through the church. That he cares enough like we remember at communion to sacrifice his son for us defeating death rising from the grave so that we might have life in him. We need to be reminded of those things too. And ultimately the tabernacle points us forward to Jesus who became flesh and dwelt literally tabernacles among us. John 1:14.

Mhm. We need those reminders. Yep. Yep. And well, and now we have the Holy Spirit.

Yes. Dwelling within us literally. Yes. So I think Yeah. Just the the concept of God has always wanted to dwell with his people and he has done it in these various different ways

and now he is dwelling with us and yeah, there's nothing better than that. What a gift. The next question comes from day 40 and the passage or two verses really that it comes from is Exodus 32 10 and 11.

Mhm. Which say now therefore let me alone that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them in order that I may make a great nation of you. But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, "Oh Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?" So the question, very honest one,

it scares me to hear how angry God was and that he considered destroying the Israelites. How can I think differently about God's anger so it doesn't make me so uncomfortable? Mhm. Yeah. I definitely resonate with this question and this struggle.

Um I'd say it's it's okay to feel uncomfortable because I think part of it is that it's really hard for us to grasp the way that God can be perfectly angry

in a holy and unsinful way. Y and on the flip side of that, I think it can also be really hard to wrestle with the harsh reality of sin. Mhm.

what it's done to the world, the damage it's caused, and the truth that this is a big problem which deserves God's wrath, deserves God's anger, and deserves God's judgment.

Yeah. And that's where I'd say like props to whoever had the courage to ask this question because it's terrifying. Yeah.

How do we reconcile a God of love with this pretty clear picture of very intense anger?

Yep. And I think stories like this maybe can help us consider if we think sin is a big deal.

So that can be a piece of it. Like do we really believe that God is holy and that he has a right to judge these people and that because he is holy, he is the creator

and he is loving. He's all of the things. Yep. Does he get to execute his justice

on these people who disobey him? Yeah. Like is that is that something that and not even that we're okay with, but like I think it gets more to our beliefs

and what we really know about God. And I will say that we have to get to this place where we realize that God does get to do whatever he thinks is best. He is the ultimate judge.

And we have to keep that in line with his love, his compassion, his patience. Like I think we I would say for me growing up in the church, I didn't know a lot about God's justice. M that wasn't a that wasn't a characteristic that I really learned about celebrated.

Right. Exactly. But the reality is we actually want God to be just. We do. We definitely do. But when he is when we're reading about it, then it sometimes is

unsettling. Is unsettling. Yeah. So, so when we read about it, what do we do? Well, we have to remember what provoked

his anger. So, Israel had just pledged to follow him. M and then immediately they break the covenant by worshiping an idol.

But the key is that God's anger is not like ours. It is so different. So I I think about it when I see a little kid throwing a tantrum. You know, we've all been there where you're going through the grocery store and you see that poor parent with their child, the red face, the flailing arms, the screaming. And a kid who's little

they don't they're maybe not as articulate. But let's say a teenager who's angry and lashing out in their anger in the heat of the moment will say things to mom and dad like, "I hate you." Yeah.

Or, "I wish you weren't my parents." And that's human anger. It's unpredictable. It is

um emotional, usually selfish, aimed at hurting the other person. But God's anger isn't like that at all. It is controlled,

holy, perfectly measured. Y and his anger always has our best interests at heart.

Right. Y God only hates things that oppose what he loves and he loves his kids.

He loves them and sin hurts his kids. Yes. So that's that's one of the primary reasons that he gets angry and that he hates it.

His anger is actually rooted in his love. Yeah. And sometimes we try to think, oh, God is angry, God is just. And then over here on the other side, God is loving, and God is kind. And we don't see that those two, those four attributes of God among others all relate to one another. They all work together.

Yep. Yep. And I think what's interesting with this story is that we actually see mercy here. So God speaks about kind of the reality that he could bring justice, but what we see is mercy, which is when you don't get what you deserve. So Israel deserved to be punished for their disobedience and rebellion.

God had every right to destroy them. He actually did. He's just and that would have been executing his justice. But instead, he shows them mercy. and mercy is God repeatedly working with the Israelites all through the rest of the story. You know, it's their inability to keep the covenant, their idolatry, and their sin. And God just continually is merciful with them, slow to anger, patient, and so it's really an opportunity. I think this is an opportunity to wrestle with that struggle. There's nothing wrong with reading a section of scripture and feeling uncomfortable. that's how you feel.

But it's good to do this this wrestling. Take it to, you know, send in your questions.

Join the recapt and also take it to your pastor. Take it to your small group leader. Bring it up with somebody that

um a spiritual leader for you. Yes. Exactly. Or, you know, other people. If you're reading the Bible, uh if you're doing the Bible recap with a group, bring it up in the group. But really, really seek to understand what we're learning about God in the midst of that.

Yeah. And and I would say the feeling of being unsettled by God's anger shows that you're taking him seriously.

Yeah. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but you don't want to stop there because you want you want to let his anger remind you of how destructive

sin really is. And then let his mercy remind you of how deep his love really goes. Because in Christ, we don't have to fear being consumed by his wrath

because Jesus already bore it for us. Yeah. Amen. It's so good. All right. Our next question comes from day 41. This is from Exodus 33:12. So I'll go ahead and read the verse. Exodus 33:12. Moses said to the Lord, "See, you say to me, bring up this people, but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight." So the question is, why did Moses ask God who was going with them into the promised land? Did Moses really not know that God would lead them? H. So before this, God had told Israel that he would send them to the promised land, but there would be some difficulty because of the golden calf incident.

Mhm. And so that's that's probably why Moses asked, "But who will go with us?" Because they just had some low moments.

So it's not that Moses forgot that God had previously said, "I'm going to be with you. I'm going to lead you." Mhm.

It it's that Moses was probably interceding on behalf of the people, pressing in for assurance

that God's presence would still be with them because the people had messed up so badly. And so,

and I got more I can say you want me to keep going or let me So, it's just interesting because one of the things that I was looking at is that actually earlier in 332, God had said that he would send an angel before the Israelites to drive out the people of the land. So, one thing that I was considering is that it's possible Moses was asking if he could have more information about the angel.

I mean, I don't blame him. I don't what's the name? Is this a nice angel? Will the angel be nice to me and the people? So, basically, it could be Moses being like, okay, an angel, but like which one? And you know what? Tell me a little bit more about the angel. So that's one possibility, but I your your perspective is very interesting as well.

Both could work because totally it's it's Moses demonstrating what it looks like to wrestle with God's promises and desire reassurance.

Yes. So it's not unbelief to say, Lord, I know you've promised to be with me, but I need your presence. I need a greater awareness of your presence. I can't do this alone. That's that's not wrong. No

to pray. Yeah. Uh so sometimes our our prayers reveal when we flesh that out, they reveal that what we really want isn't the blessing to get to the land just to make it there. It's

the the blesser himself to know that God is with us as we walk in obedience. Yeah. Yeah. And I was seeing it also as kind of just a humble plea from Moses where he's like,

"Hey, I believe in your power. I know what you did in Egypt." You know, Moses is like, "I'm with you." like I believe this. Um Moses clearly has faith in Yahweh. And I think it can also just be seen as Moses asking for a little bit more of the plan,

a little bit more of maybe just kind of what to expect. He wants to know who's going with him. He wants to know more about even Yahweh in general. Like, okay, so you're going with us. Tell me more about

waiting for God to go with us. Right. Right. Exactly. So, I think I think it's good to not see it as yeah, Moses showing doubt or anything.

But you know what? I I don't see that the question as a bad thing at all because it's Moses showing. So, like the objective, what was Moses and the Israelites objective? They're trying to get somewhere.

But Moses is concerned with who's going with us. Yeah. Who what how's this whole journey going to play out? The journey to get to where we want to be.

Yep. And he's showing us that it's possible to get what we think we want the most to get to the destination and miss the person we need the most, which is who's going with us on our way to that destination. And so without God's presence, the promised land

or at least the journey to it would not be marked by any promise at all- because they're lacking the very person that they need the most. And if we're honest, that same temptation lives in us because we want God's blessings. We want his provision, his protection to get to the next stage of life.

But sometimes our hearts aren't content to settle for life without those things.

And we're tempted to settle for life without a pursuit of nearness to him. And Moses wouldn't settle. He he pressed in and he said in effect,

God, if you're not with us, then don't send us forward because we're not going without you. And is that the attitude of my heart in big decisions? Is that the attitude of my heart in everyday moments?

I wish it was more. Yeah. You know, I a couple maybe months ago at church, one of the pastors at my church was giving a sermon and he referenced that in the wilderness, the Israelites followed the cloud. The cloud did not follow the Israelites. And I I love that because I feel like that is what we're seeing with Moses here where he's like,

"No, no, I'm not going anywhere without you." And that really should have been the heart of

all of the people all along. Yeah. And I think that can be such a I wrote I wrote that down like I do not I follow the cloud. The cloud does not follow me. because I think it just was a helpful thing for me to think about in my life where it's like no God I want to be where where you're where you are you're going I want to be following and I think just that image of the cloud

is helpful is help helps me be like okay where's the cloud going no totally well and that's the thing it's one thing to pray for God's help in hard times it's another thing to want more of God himself regardless of the outcome

and and to be where God is yes so the Mature Christian doesn't just pray, "Lord, fix this." Or, "Lord, help me get there." Which isn't a bad prayer, but they also pray, "Lord, be with me in it.

Help me to live for you in it. Help me to see you in it. Help me to hear you in it."

Because his presence is the gift. His nearness is the gift. The blessings he gives are good,

but they're not the goal. He is the goal. Yep. Yep. And Moses learns that, okay, Yahweh is going with us. That's amazing. And God is like, "There is no way that I'm leaving you." God didn't bring the people out of Egypt to just abandon them there in the wilderness. Even though that is often times the cry of the people, "You took us out of Egypt to abandon us." You know, but that's not No, God is not doing that. God is not forsaking his people. And we have that same assurance.

God is not forsaking us. He's never leaving us. And so, the way that God kept that promise for Moses, God does that in our lives as well. And I think that is very encouraging.

That's right. The next question comes from day 42 in Exodus chapters 37 and 38. So what's going on in those chapters? Those chapters are describing Bezel, the craftsman. They're building the tabernacles furnishings exactly as God commands.

They're crafting the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the courtyard. And it's the moment that all of these instructions we've been reading about are starting to become a reality through the obedience of God's people.

Cool. And the question is actually about the Bible recap episode covering this text. So the question reads, TLC mentioned that there's a connection between the tabernacle furniture and creation.

Can you explain more about that, Kirsten? Yes. What's going on here? This was really interesting because this was not something that actually I had been familiar with before um learning about it through the Bible. Yeah. So, um, it's a fun thing to be able to kind of see these connections. Um, so let's walk through it and we'll talk about how the days of creation, so day 1 through 7 correlate with the tabernacle furniture. And what's cool about this is if you look at a picture of, you know, just like a simple picture of the tabernacle furniture and where it is, we're starting from the outside and we're moving in with the days of creation. So on day one, day one of creation, God created the earth with day and night. So this can parallel the altar, which is the first piece of furniture that's outside the tabernacle. So the altar was to be formed kind of the way that God formed the earth. And this altar

represents light overcoming darkness because the altar's fire was to burn continually before the Lord. That's something we'll read about a little bit later in Leviticus. But

everyone's favorite book. Exactly. A little bit of a preview of what we learned about the altar in Leviticus. Then on day two, God created the sea. And this could parallel the great basin which was filled with water where the Israelites were purifying.

Sometimes called the bronze basin or the the labor. Yep. The labor lover. Lver.

Labor lover. Yep. Whichever. And so we're moving further into the tabernacle. Now on day three, remember God created the trees and the plants. And so this parallels the table of showbread because the bread was made from the fruit of the earth. Basically what comes from the trees and the plants that God created,

grains, wheat, etc. Exactly. Yep. And then day four, we see that God created the lights in the sky, the heavenly lights. And so this could parallel with the seven lighted lampstand. And so some scholars point out that there are five visible planets in the sky plus the sun and the moon correlating with the seven lights. Interesting. That's kind of cool. Then day five, we have God created the birds and the fish. So filling the seas and the sky. And this parallels the incense altar because the smoke fills the air in the way that the birds and the fish filled the sea and the sky.

And then day six, God created man and woman, Adam and Eve, and that began the lineage of the people that God was going to make his covenant with. And this parallels the ark of the covenant.

So what was the ark of the covenant? The ark of the covenant was a sacred chest that represented God's presence with his people. So he had instruct God through Moses had instructed it to be built from acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold. And then inside, do you know what the three things were that were inside of it?

I don't know if I Bible trivia, you know. Oh, that's amazing. Deep dive Bible trivia. Deep Bible trivia.

The three things were the stone tablets with the ten commandments. Okay. Aaron's staff that budded.

Yep. and a jar of mana from the wilderness. So, at this point, I'm actually uncertain when that jar was placed in here yet because they're still building it. But all of these things were reminders of God's covenant leadership and provision,

which I think is sweet because we're also seeing God's provision for all of the um the supplies needed. Yeah.

To build this whole structure. And then ultimately the ark slid which was called the mercy seat was also made of gold with the two cherubam facing each other. And it was there that God said he would meet with his people. When when Israel traveled the ark went before them symbolizing God himself was leading the way.

Yep. And that's that's great because that leads us right into the seventh day which is when God rested. And this parallel can be found with the mercy seat where God came to dwell or God came to rest on top of the ark of the covenant and be with his people.

So this can be it's really cool to see those connections. It's not necessarily the most like clean and clear direct connections although you see like there's a lot of parallels that we can find there. But I think it's just some fun interesting things to think about.

Yeah, it is. I I know some scholars note a connection between seven speeches about tabernacle instructions and the seven days of creation.

So there's that's even a whole another perspective and how you could look at these parallels with creation. But I think

at the end of the day the question is why does it matter? You know whether you see the parallels clearly or you don't.

Yeah. Why do all of these details about the tabernacle matter? Well the tabernacle reminds us that God's goal has always been consistent. It's always been the same from Eden to the wilderness to the church today. And one day

in the new creation, he desires to dwell with his people. When we see the echoes of creation in the tabernacle that call us back to the Garden of Eden, it's God's way of saying,

"I'm still committed to my plan. I'm not giving up on you. I desire to be with you, to dwell with you." Which means practically for us when life feels messy or the pieces don't seem to fit together, we can remember God is still ordering chaos into beauty just like he did in Genesis 1. He's still he's still building a place for his presence. That dwelling place is just now in us. And he is slowly conforming us to more closely reflect his image. And the same God who filled the tabernacle with with his glory has filled us as believers with his spirit, which is great news.

Yeah. Amen. That's so great. All right. Well, thanks for taking a deep dive with us. We'll see you next week as we continue to read, understand, and love the Bible and the God who wrote it.

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Who speaks in "Week 6: (Days 036-042): God living among His people"?

Emma Daughter (Host), Kirsten McCloskey (Host).

What is "Week 6: (Days 036-042): God living among His people" about?

The discussion explores the significance of the tabernacle in Exodus 25 and 26, emphasizing that it served as a unique worship space designated by Yahweh for the Israelites, distinct from other nations' places of worship. While other cultures had their own altars and shrines, the tabernacle's specific design and purpose were divinely instructed, highlighting the importance of adherence to God's…

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7 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Yahweh, Anna Moses, Mind War, Egypt, Aaron Solomon, Leviticus. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Week 6: (Days 036-042): God living among His people"?

The episode runs 33 min; the transcript is about 5,816 words in 145 timestamped sections.

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