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 Go ahead and be seated.

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 Would you turn with me to Exodus chapter 25?

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 That's page 65 in the Pew Bible.

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 Exodus chapter 25.

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 As we've been journeying through the book of Exodus this year,

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 we've seen that it roughly falls into three sections, if you'll remember.

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 First, in the opening chapters, we've seen that God is a God who saves.

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 In Exodus, God powerfully rescues His people from slavery in Egypt.

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 Those are all the famous bits in the beginning of the book.

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 Second, we've seen that God is a God who speaks.

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 At Mount Sinai, after the Exodus from Egypt,

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 God reveals Himself to His people in words,

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 making a covenant relationship with them,

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 instructing them in His ways and His laws.

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 God speaks.

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 And today, we come to the third and the last section of the book.

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 In chapters 25 through to the end, chapter 40,

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 we see that God is a God who not only saves and speaks,

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 but who dwells in the midst of His people.

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 And of the remaining 16 chapters in the book,

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 13 of them are taken up with descriptions of the place,

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 of the structure where God will do just that.

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 And that structure is what we call the tabernacle.

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 So let's pick up the story in chapter 25, verse 1,

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 and we're going to read through verse 9 to get us started this morning.

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 Chapter 25, verses 1 through 9.

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 Let me read this for us.

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 The Lord said to Moses,

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 Speak to the people of Israel,

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 that they take from me a contribution.

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 From every man whose heart moves him,

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 you shall receive the contribution from me.

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 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them,

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 gold, silver, and bronze,

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 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen,

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 goat's hair,

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 tanned ram skins, goat skins,

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 acacia wood,

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 oil for the lamps,

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 spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,

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 onyx stones and stones for setting,

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 for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

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 And let them make me a sanctuary,

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 that I may dwell in their midst.

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 Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle

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 and of all its furniture,

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 so you shall make it.

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 And for the next seven chapters,

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 seven chapters,

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 God shows Moses the plans for how to build this tabernacle,

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 which is literally just the word for tent in Hebrew.

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 This tent where God will dwell in the midst of his people.

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 If you look in your bulletin,

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 there's an illustration of what the plans might have looked like.

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 Now I say might have looked like,

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 because we're not exactly sure of all the sort of finer details

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 of how the sort of little pieces might have gone together.

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 How exactly did they hang those curtains

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 or spread the goat skins over top of the tent?

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 We don't know exactly for sure,

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 but this is a pretty good sketch of the main details that we can tell.

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 If you're interested in a more detailed representation,

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 we have some of these handouts in the back

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 that kind of fold out.

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 You know things are getting serious in your Bible study

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 when you've got a chart this big, right?

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 Look at that.

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 There they are.

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 Go get them.

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 Also, you know,

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 if you have a good study Bible,

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 like the ESV study Bible or the NIV study Bible,

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 it will also have some really good illustrations

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 of what the tabernacle might have looked like.

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 We have some ESV study Bibles downstairs on the bookstall.

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 If you're interested in picking one of those up,

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 I would highly recommend it.

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 But now, okay,

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 with that overall picture in your mind,

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 there you see it there,

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 that sort of portable worship site

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 that was the tabernacle that God told them to build.

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 With that overall picture in mind,

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 come back to the text of Exodus.

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 And I want to just skim really quickly

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 through chapters 21 through 30,

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 25 through 31,

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 skim really quickly through those chapters with me,

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 looking at the ESV section headings in bold.

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 And what you'll notice is that the plans

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 that God gives to Moses move roughly from the inside out.

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 It starts with the ark in the innermost part of the tabernacle,

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 the most holy place,

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 the holy of holies.

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 And then we come to the table for bread

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 and the golden lamp stand,

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 which would be not in the most holy place,

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 but in what's called the holy place,

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 in that first room of the tent or tabernacle proper.

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 Then you'll see that there's a description of the tabernacle,

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 the tent itself,

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 and how to put it all together.

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 Then in chapter 27,

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 we're out into the courtyard at the bronze altar.

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 Then there comes the court wall

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 that hangs around the perimeter of the whole area.

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 And with that set up,

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 in chapters 28 and 29,

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 there's a description of the priests,

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 what their clothes should look like as they ministered,

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 and the ceremonies for consecrating them to the priesthood.

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 Pastor Matt will actually cover those two chapters

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 on the priesthood next week.

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 And then in chapters 30 and 31,

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 the plans are concluded.

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 The altar of incense is described there.

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 Now, even though that would be located in the holy place,

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 the first room of the tabernacle,

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 it's described right after the priest

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 because one of the priest's main jobs

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 was to keep the incense burning on that altar.

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 Then we have some more details

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 about the collection of the tabernacle,

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 the bronze basin where the priest would wash,

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 the special oil and incense that they used.

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 And finally, God tells them

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 that he's actually gonna raise some people up

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 to perform the skilled work

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 for building such an elaborate structure.

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 So there are sort of the plans that God lays out.

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 Now, rather than go into minute detail for each component

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 and preach like a 13-part series on the tabernacle,

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 speculating what exactly those seven lights

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 really meant on the lampstand,

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 I wanna do something else this morning.

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 I wanna try to take us on an overview tour

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 of the tabernacle and try to get the big picture.

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 God gives Moses these detailed plans

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 for how it's supposed to be built.

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 He actually charges Moses multiple times in this section

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 to build it exactly as he's been shown.

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 But what do we learn as we study these plans?

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 Clearly, it's important.

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 The book of Exodus gives a lot of space to describing it,

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 but what are we to make of it?

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 What's the significance?

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 And what I wanna do on this overview tour,

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 I wanna take this overview tour

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 in roughly the order that it's presented to us

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 here in Exodus, starting in the very center,

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 starting in the inner room of the tabernacle,

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 the Holy of Holies, and then moving out from there.

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 And when we do that, here's what we're gonna see.

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 We're gonna see that the tabernacle

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 is more than just a portable worship center

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 for nomadic people.

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 The tabernacle was actually a sign,

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 a physical, material illustration

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 of God's redemption.

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 In fact, if we can get the big idea of the tabernacle,

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 we'll really see the story,

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 the whole story of the Bible.

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 And therefore, we'll see the true story of the world

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 and the most important story for our lives.

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 So we're gonna take this tour in three steps

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 according to the three sections of the tabernacle

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 as they're roughly laid out for us

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 in Exodus 25 through 31.

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 We'll begin in the most holy place,

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 move out,

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 and then out to the courtyard in the third step.

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 So first, step inside with me.

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 Come into the most holy place.

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 And there, in a room where the dimensions

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 were a perfect cube,

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 when you read the description,

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 as wide and long and the same height,

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 you'll see what's called the Ark of the Covenant

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 or the Ark of the Testimony.

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 And it's essentially a rectangular box

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 covered in gold.

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 And it's called the Ark of the Testimony

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 or Ark of the Covenant

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 because inside were going to be kept

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 the two copies of the law

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 that God himself would write out

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 with his own finger

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 on tablets of stone.

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 And on top of the Ark

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 is a cover called the Mercy Seat

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 with two cherubim,

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 two awesome heavenly beings

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 sculpted on top

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 with their wings extended out

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 and their faces down in reverence.

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 And they're facing down in reverence

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 because this is the place,

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 this is the very spot

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 where the Creator,

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 the Lord Almighty,

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 will show up

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 in the midst of his people.

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 Look at verse 22 of chapter 25

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 at the end of the description of the Ark.

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 Verse 22 says,

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 There I will meet with you.

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 And from above the Mercy Seat,

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 from between the two cherubim

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 that are in the Ark of the Testimony,

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 I will speak with you

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 about all that I will give you

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 in commandment for the people of Israel.

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 So you see,

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 the most holy place,

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 this inner part of the tabernacle,

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 is meant to represent

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 the very throne room

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 of God the King.

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 In chapter 26,

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 we learn that

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 stitched into the curtains

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 that make the walls

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 would be more representations

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 of cherubim,

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 of mighty angelic beings,

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 as if to say

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 that here

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 is heaven,

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 the dwelling of God,

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 touching down on earth.

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 Now God himself,

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 of course,

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 could not be represented

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 by an image.

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 There was no statue

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 in there of God,

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 of the Lord.

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 But we're told

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 that his presence

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 would fill that place.

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 And the Ark

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 would be like his footstool

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 with the law at his feet

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 and the angels

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 bowing in worship

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 beneath him.

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 Friends,

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 imagine a point

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 on earth

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 where the infinite

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 touches down

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 to the finite.

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 Where God,

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 at long last,

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 shows up on earth

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 and right in the midst

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 of his people

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 in order to be known

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 and in order to be worshipped

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 and adored as king

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 so that creatures

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 might at long last

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 know their creator.

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 Did you know

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 that that's how

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 Jesus described

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 eternal life?

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 In John 17,

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 3,

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 Jesus says,

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 and this is eternal life,

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 to know you,

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 the only true God

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 and Jesus Christ

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 whom you have sent.

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 and can't you feel

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 the awe

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 of this most holy place?

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 The reverence

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 of standing

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 in God's presence,

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 the wonder of it,

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 the way it was constructed,

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 some of the scholars

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 speculate

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 that if you were

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 to step in,

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 it would have just been

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 blazing with gold.

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 I think many people

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 outside the church

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 are hungry

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 for awe

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 and for wonder

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 and for reverence,

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 for something bigger

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 and more substantial

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 than ourselves,

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 for something transcendent.

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 And unfortunately,

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 we're looking for that

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 in mere substitutes

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 for the real thing.

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 We're trying to find awe,

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 we're trying to find wonder

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 in created things

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 when really it's our creator

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 that we were made for.

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 We were made

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 to be in awe of God

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 and we put so much weight

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 onto created things,

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 weight that they cannot bear

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 and then when they break,

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 we wonder why we're

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 so disappointed.

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 We wonder why we become

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 so jaded

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 and so cynical.

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 But the tabernacle

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 was the place

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 where God came down

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 to reclaim his creation,

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 to set up his throne,

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 and to be known

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 and loved

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 in awe

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 by his people again.

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 But our tour continues.

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 From the Ark of the Covenant

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 and the inner room,

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 the most holy place,

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 we move out

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 into the sort of next room,

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 the outer room

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 of the tabernacle

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 called

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 just the holy place.

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 And here in this first room

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 where the priests

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 would come regularly,

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 you see three pieces

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 of golden furniture.

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 On the south side

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 of the room,

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 there's a lamp stand

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 with seven arms

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 and seven lights.

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 And on the north side

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 of the room,

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 there's a table set

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 with twelve loaves of bread

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 and two stacks.

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 And then in front of the veil

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 that divides that holy place

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 from the most holy place

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 facing west,

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 smoke is rising

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 from the altar

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 of incense,

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 filling the room

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 with a sweet,

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 rich smell.

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 Now notice

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 the basic symbolism

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 of these three pieces.

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 It's pretty straightforward,

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 actually.

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 In the lamp stand,

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 we have God's light

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 shining forth onto us.

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 And at the altar of incense,

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 we have represented

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 the prayers of the people

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 going up to God.

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 Again and again in Scripture,

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 incense is sort of

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 a representation of prayer,

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 of our communion up with God.

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 And at the table of bread,

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 of course,

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 we have a meal of fellowship.

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 So in this room,

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 we have what?

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 We have the communion,

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 the intimacy

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 of God with his people.

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 Have you ever come home

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 after someone has

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 baked bread in the oven?

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 Unless you're severely

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 gluten intolerant,

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 that's like really good news,

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 right?

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 That sweet smell

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 hits your nose,

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 that kind of yeasty,

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 sweet smell,

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 and there's a warmth

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 about it.

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 Or maybe you've come home

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 and there's a candle burning.

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 Hopefully it was your roommate

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 or your spouse

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 or something who lit it

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 and it wasn't you

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 who sort of left it burning

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 all day while you were at work.

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 But it's giving off

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 that deep,

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 rich fragrance

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 that sort of hits you

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 when you walk in.

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 And maybe those scents

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 and those experiences

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 remind you

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 of home

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 and of fellowship

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 and of relationship

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 and of love.

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 And you see,

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 that's what's happening

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 in the holy place

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 of the tabernacle.

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 The bread is laid out

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 and the incense is burning

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 and the lights are on.

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 And all of it speaks

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 of fellowship,

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 of communion,

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 of intimacy

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 with God.

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 Look with me

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 at Exodus chapter 29,

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 verse 45.

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 A couple chapters ahead,

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 this verse is actually found

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 at the end of the description

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 of the priest's ordination,

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 but it's sort of

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 a summary verse

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 of this tabernacle section

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 in many ways.

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 You know,

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 if you want to ask the question,

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 why did God redeem

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 his people from Egypt?

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 Why did he display

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 his power

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 and part the Red Sea

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 and free his people?

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 At the end of Exodus 29,

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 God gives one answer to that.

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 He's describing

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 what will happen

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 at the tabernacle

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 in verse 45.

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 He says,

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 I will dwell

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 among the people of Israel

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 and will be their God

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 and they shall know

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 that I am the Lord

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 their God

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 who brought them

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 out of the land of Egypt

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 that I might dwell

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 among them.

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 I am the Lord

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 their God.

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 In other words,

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 God says,

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 I brought them

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 out of the land

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 of Egypt

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 so that I might dwell

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 among them.

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 what a stunning truth.

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 One of the great ends

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 of redemption

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 is God dwelling

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 in our midst.

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 God desires to be known

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 by his people

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 and not just known,

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 God desires to live

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 right in the middle of them,

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 to be identified with them

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 and to be their God.

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 You know,

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 if we are a culture

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 that's hungry for awe,

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 I think we're a people

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 that are starved

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 for real intimacy,

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 to be known

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 and to be loved.

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 And here,

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 the creator

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 of all things

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 seen and unseen

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 is saying

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 to his people,

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 I'll set a table

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 for you.

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 Let's sit and eat

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 and my light

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 will go forth

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 and your prayers

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 will come up

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 and I'll be with you.

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 Amen.

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 Can you imagine

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 what your life

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 would be like

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 if you really had

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 that sort of intimacy

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 with God?

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 That sort of communion

00:17:26.699 --> 00:17:28.199
 with God?

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 Wouldn't your disappointments

00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:32.819
 in this life

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 be a lot less devastating?

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 You know,

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 because even if

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 some good thing

00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:41.039
 kept slipping

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.000
 out of your grasp,

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 the career

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.819
 or the family

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 or the reputation

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 that you long for,

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 even if those things

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 kept on being

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 a perpetual disappointment

00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:49.839
 for you,

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.639
 you could still

00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:53.579
 have confidence

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 that the greatest

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 good,

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:58.259
 God himself,

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 was yours

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 now

00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.500
 and forever.

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 And not having

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 or getting

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 or accomplishing

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.359
 those things,

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 whatever they are,

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 that could never

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.119
 crush you

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 because you

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 have something better

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 by far,

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 intimacy,

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 fellowship

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 with God.

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 And on the flip side,

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 wouldn't your triumphs

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 and your successes

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 in this life

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 be so much less prone

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.960
 to make you proud?

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 Isn't it easy

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 when things are going

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 our way in life

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 to sort of elevate

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 ourselves,

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 to compare ourselves

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 to others?

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 I've got it together

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 so much more

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 than that schmuck

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.899
 over there.

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 And yet,

00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:39.419
 if God

00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:40.680
 were your greatest good,

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.779
 if you walked

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:44.099
 in a rich communion

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.759
 with him,

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 wouldn't that

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.199
 keep you

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 from puffing

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 yourself up

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.119
 in those prideful

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 ways?

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 Because then you

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 know that what

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 really matters

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 isn't who's winning

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.779
 or losing

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 according to some

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 worldly standard.

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 What really matters

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 is knowing God.

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.039
 It's really only

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.039
 intimacy with him,

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:05.079
 a rich fellowship

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.480
 with God,

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.699
 walking in his ways,

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.659
 pleasing him,

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.679
 bringing others along

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 to do the same.

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 That's what matters.

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 Man,

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 if you really

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.539
 knew the kind

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:17.939
 of intimacy

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.439
 with God

00:19:18.439 --> 00:19:19.139
 that the tabernacle

00:19:19.139 --> 00:19:20.079
 is talking about,

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.480
 that's the only thing

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:23.240
 that will protect you

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.460
 spiritually

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 from your disappointments

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 and your achievements.

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 It will keep you

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 from an overly

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 devastated self

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 on the one hand

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 and an overly

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 elevated self

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 on the other.

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.720
 And the holy place

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.519
 of the tabernacle,

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 the bread on the table,

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 the light on the lampstand,

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 the altar burning.

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 Speaking of just that,

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 of intimacy with God.

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 But there's one more place

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.960
 we have to visit

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.940
 on our tour.

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 There's one more section

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 that we have to see.

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 God's plans

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.799
 for the tabernacle

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 include not just

00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.920
 the tabernacle proper

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 with those two rooms,

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 the most holy place

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 and the holy place.

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 there's also

00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:11.399
 the courtyard.

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.599
 Now imagine

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:15.039
 stepping out

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 through that curtain door

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.259
 out of the tent,

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 out of the holy place

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.939
 into the courtyard.

00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:21.059
 The sun

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.480
 hits your eyes,

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.639
 the dust

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.439
 is rising up

00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:25.220
 from the ground

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.480
 and the first thing

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.279
 you probably see

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.199
 is this large

00:20:28.199 --> 00:20:29.699
 bronze basin

00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.419
 of water

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:31.299
 on a stand

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.139
 and there are

00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:33.019
 a bunch of men

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.959
 standing around it

00:20:33.959 --> 00:20:35.199
 washing their hands

00:20:35.199 --> 00:20:36.199
 in the water

00:20:36.199 --> 00:20:37.459
 and as you get closer

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.180
 you realize

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.579
 that they're

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.299
 washing off

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.460
 not just the dirt

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.120
 and sand

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.640
 of living

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:43.240
 in the desert wilderness

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.059
 but they're washing

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.299
 off blood

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:47.279
 and the water

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.059
 is starting to turn

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:49.079
 a pale red

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:50.759
 and then beyond

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.500
 the bronze basin

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.720
 you lift up your eyes

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.720
 and you see

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.420
 what really is

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.480
 the main feature

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.240
 of the courtyard

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.059
 right in the center

00:20:58.059 --> 00:21:00.079
 the bronze altar

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.919
 and heat

00:21:01.919 --> 00:21:03.119
 is rising up

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.039
 from the altar

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.740
 as the fire

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.619
 is stoked beneath

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.659
 and you know how

00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:07.679
 when heat rises up

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:08.259
 in the summertime

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.859
 it sort of

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.899
 makes your vision

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.579
 sort of shimmer

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.299
 a little bit

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.399
 so you can see

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.379
 the sort of blurry

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:14.919
 rise above it

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:16.460
 and the smoke

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.199
 is going up

00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:17.759
 but this time

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.519
 the smell

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.579
 is not of that

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.639
 sweet incense

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.279
 of the altar

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.139
 inside the tent

00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:23.220
 the smell

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:25.579
 is of animal sacrifice

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:30.619
 which smells

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.519
 of blood

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:33.460
 and of roasted meat

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 and of course

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.579
 that would all be

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.740
 a bit disorienting

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.119
 at first

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.480
 wouldn't it

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.119
 stepping out

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.759
 from that sort of

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:43.220
 pristine calm

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.419
 of the holy place

00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:45.199
 out into this

00:21:45.199 --> 00:21:46.859
 flurry of activity

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.599
 in the courtyard

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.799
 as the priests

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.419
 are handling

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.379
 the sacrifices

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:51.000
 and tending

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.859
 to their tasks

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.759
 and always returning

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.759
 to wash their hands

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.500
 and sometimes

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.299
 even their feet

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.079
 in that basin

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.680
 and you think

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.619
 where have I come

00:21:58.619 --> 00:22:00.940
 how is this part

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.440
 of the worship

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.019
 of God

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:05.440
 but then standing

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.180
 there in the courtyard

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.720
 you kind of turn around

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.259
 and you notice

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.960
 something you haven't

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.539
 yet noticed

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.419
 on our little tour

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:12.460
 that as the smoke

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.259
 of the sacrifices

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.700
 go up

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.680
 you turn back

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.279
 to the tent

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.940
 and you look

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.980
 and now you see

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.039
 for the first time

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:21.960
 the tent

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.819
 and what you see

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.259
 now

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:25.079
 are the barriers

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:27.059
 first

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.460
 there's that

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.960
 curtain door

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.319
 that you just

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.720
 walk through

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.599
 that's separating

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.139
 the courtyard

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:31.119
 from the holy place

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:32.259
 and then you remember

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.119
 now beyond that

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.579
 there's a thick veil

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:36.439
 separating the holy place

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:37.919
 from the most holy place

00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:41.279
 and then you begin

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.839
 to realize

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.960
 that the promise

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.359
 of the tabernacle

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.039
 the promise

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.859
 of God dwelling

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.439
 in our midst

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:47.279
 the promise

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.879
 of having such

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.779
 nearness to God

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.240
 and awe

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.859
 and intimacy

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.759
 the promise

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.500
 of the tabernacle

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.400
 is matched

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.960
 by the problem

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:55.359
 of the tabernacle

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:57.380
 yes God is near

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.200
 that's the promise

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.200
 but the problem is

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.579
 you can't go in

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:03.880
 the way is blocked

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:05.420
 the curtains are drawn

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:07.220
 and the veil is closed

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:13.200
 and friends

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.039
 isn't that a lot

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.640
 like our experience

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.160
 sometimes

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:19.080
 that the thing

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:19.920
 we long for

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.180
 the thing

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.160
 we reach out for

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.680
 is awe

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.180
 and intimacy

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.740
 with God

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.460
 and it always

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.480
 seems to elude

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.140
 our grasp

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:32.460
 and as you stand

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:32.920
 there staring

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.640
 at those barriers

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.100
 you start

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.540
 to realize

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:34.960
 something

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.900
 you start

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.460
 to put the pieces

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.860
 together

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.440
 that inside

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.080
 those curtains

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:41.100
 God is on the throne

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.940
 inside those curtains

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:44.019
 God is king

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:45.359
 and in there

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.000
 with him

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.559
 there exists

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.299
 a relationship

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.400
 of awe

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.579
 and intimacy

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.940
 and that reminds

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.619
 you of something

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:53.700
 it reminds you

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.319
 of how this story

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.819
 began

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:58.700
 that there once

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.480
 was a place

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.619
 where God was king

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.700
 and where God

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.660
 dwelled in the midst

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.379
 of his people

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.480
 and where those

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.119
 first humans

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.779
 had fellowship

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.279
 with God

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.920
 and awe

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.039
 and intimacy

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:11.180
 but in that

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.839
 garden

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.839
 place

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.900
 in that garden

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.160
 sanctuary

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:17.720
 our first parents

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.560
 rejected God

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.040
 as king

00:24:19.040 --> 00:24:20.560
 and as a result

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.340
 they were driven

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:23.000
 from God's presence

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.780
 and symbolically

00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.420
 at the gate

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.940
 to the garden

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.220
 of Eden

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.759
 do you remember

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.660
 what God put there

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.860
 God placed

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:30.220
 the cherubim

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.800
 those mighty

00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:32.780
 angelic beings

00:24:32.780 --> 00:24:34.640
 and a flaming sword

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:36.120
 to guard the entrance

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:37.900
 and then things

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.560
 start to click

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:39.240
 because there

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.200
 hanging on every

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.580
 curtain

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.540
 of the tabernacle

00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:42.740
 are those same

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.360
 cherubim

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.139
 embroidered

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:45.319
 telling the same

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.019
 story

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:48.039
 that our fellowship

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.659
 with God

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.579
 has been lost

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:51.119
 and the only way

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.459
 in

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.899
 is under the sword

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.419
 of judgment

00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:57.979
 you see friends

00:24:57.979 --> 00:24:58.619
 the tabernacle

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.479
 isn't just a portable

00:24:59.479 --> 00:25:00.199
 worship site

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:01.559
 it's not like

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.779
 an inflatable stadium

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.619
 for a mega church

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.119
 that you can just

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.659
 take with you

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.139
 on tour

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:08.699
 the tabernacle

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.940
 is a theater

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:12.680
 and it's retelling

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.759
 the most important

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.600
 story

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.340
 that we could

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.120
 ever learn

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.100
 and that we

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:18.019
 always forget

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:21.860
 and in that theater

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:23.019
 in that drama

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.700
 is the promise

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:26.080
 that God

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.779
 is going to

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.700
 come down

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.960
 and reclaim

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.920
 his creation

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:32.080
 and that the project

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:32.940
 that God began

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.559
 in creation

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.500
 that God began

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.140
 in Eden

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.940
 in the garden

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:37.580
 would not be

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.380
 wrecked forever

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.580
 that heaven

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.500
 would come to earth

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.080
 that God

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.880
 will be king

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.700
 and that his people

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.640
 will know him again

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.420
 in awe and intimacy

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.920
 and that the advance

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.660
 of God's glory

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.200
 and creation

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.019
 will continue

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.519
 and yet the tabernacle

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.580
 also shows us

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.480
 that the ultimate

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.220
 provision

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.460
 for this renewal

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:55.039
 has not yet come

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.080
 because the barriers

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.900
 remain

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:58.500
 and the path

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.480
 from the garden

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.500
 to glory

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.560
 is still

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.800
 obscure

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:10.940
 but there you stand

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.840
 in the courtyard

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:16.000
 and though the way

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.620
 is obscure

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:19.660
 the clues are there

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.540
 aren't they

00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:23.920
 there at the altar

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.720
 at that thing

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.240
 that immediately

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.680
 seems so strange

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.759
 to our sensibilities

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:31.360
 there at the bronze altar

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:33.180
 are the sacrifices

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:35.720
 and God is showing

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.460
 his people

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.700
 that he will

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.559
 provide a way

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:42.160
 and even in the most

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.680
 holy place itself

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:45.160
 even deep

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.900
 in the center

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.720
 of the heart

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.900
 of the all-filled

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.440
 middle of the tabernacle

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.940
 there's another sign

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:54.220
 on the ark itself

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.600
 there rests

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.799
 what the ESV calls

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:58.120
 the mercy seat

00:26:58.120 --> 00:27:00.039
 or the cover

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.960
 that between

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.339
 the holy God

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.380
 enthroned above

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.120
 the cherubim

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.940
 and the law

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.600
 of the covenant

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.579
 underneath his feet

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.500
 that exposes

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.220
 our sin

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.059
 that between

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.059
 the holy God

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:13.579
 and his holy law

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.319
 there stands

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.940
 a covering

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:16.559
 a covering

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.740
 that once a year

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:19.200
 will be sprinkled

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.240
 by the high priest

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.839
 with the blood

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.559
 of sacrifice

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.980
 on what would be called

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.960
 the day of atonement

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.380
 a promise

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:29.279
 that when God

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.100
 comes down

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.880
 to dwell

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.759
 with his people

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.799
 the first thing

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.680
 he would see

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.319
 is not his law

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.319
 which we had broken

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.299
 but the first thing

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.160
 he would see

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:40.480
 is the saving blood

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.759
 of an atoning sacrifice

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:43.079
 that pays the penalty

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.700
 we deserve

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:45.120
 and turns away

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.720
 the wrath

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.960
 that we had incurred

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:52.079
 there it is

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.120
 a picture

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.720
 of the way forward

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:57.980
 and that picture

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.620
 grinds on

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.980
 the drama

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.920
 and the theater

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:03.019
 continues

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:05.480
 day after day

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.240
 and week

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.059
 after week

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.759
 and month

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.440
 after month

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.019
 and year

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.660
 after year

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.539
 for literally

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.840
 over a thousand

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:13.039
 years

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.639
 imagine

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:16.299
 being part

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.859
 of a theater group

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.879
 where you played

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:20.159
 the same show

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:21.240
 every morning

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.359
 and every night

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.559
 for fifteen

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.359
 hundred

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.339
 years

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:28.019
 friends

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:30.379
 this is how much

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.279
 God cares

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.059
 to communicate

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.680
 to us

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.079
 the profound

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:35.059
 message

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:37.000
 of the tabernacle

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:40.619
 but it never

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.159
 stopped

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.140
 and when

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.840
 would it stop

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.480
 and what's

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.060
 the answer

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:45.140
 what's the thing

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.460
 that's going

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.180
 to get us in

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.019
 because we keep

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.019
 sprinkling this

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.519
 blood

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.279
 and yet

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.019
 the barriers

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.040
 still remain

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:58.660
 in the opening

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.140
 of John's

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.600
 gospel

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:02.779
 John begins

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.460
 with creation

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.340
 and he says

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.759
 in the beginning

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.400
 was the word

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:07.120
 and the word

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.779
 was with God

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.140
 and the word

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.820
 was God

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:10.400
 very reminiscent

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.019
 of the opening

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.700
 chapters of

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.320
 Genesis 1

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.759
 isn't it

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.660
 that God

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.460
 creates all

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.880
 things

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.380
 and who is

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.759
 there at

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.240
 creation

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:19.160
 but the Lord

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.500
 Jesus

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.000
 the Son of God

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.420
 the second

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.960
 person of the

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.180
 Trinity

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.680
 and then

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:25.180
 wonder of wonders

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.180
 in the opening

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.780
 of John's

00:29:26.780 --> 00:29:27.220
 gospel

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.100
 he says

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.900
 that same

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.860
 eternal

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.940
 word

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:33.160
 came down

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:35.620
 became flesh

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.940
 and dwelt

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.680
 among us

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:40.560
 and that word

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:40.860
 dwelt

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.360
 doesn't just

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.740
 mean that

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:41.960
 Jesus

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.640
 came

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:42.960
 and lived

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.200
 in our

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.560
 midst

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.740
 that word

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.000
 dwelt

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.340
 that John

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.640
 uses

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.340
 is the same

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:47.080
 word for

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.759
 tabernacle

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:50.279
 the word

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.140
 became flesh

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.680
 and tabernacled

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.460
 among us

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:55.140
 and John

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.779
 is saying

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:57.160
 that the promise

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.400
 of Exodus

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.220
 the promise

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.120
 of the tabernacle

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.539
 that God

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.279
 would live

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.440
 in our midst

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.240
 and that God

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.840
 would make

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.740
 a way

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.820
 has finally

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:06.820
 come

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:09.399
 that what

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.179
 the tabernacle

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:11.480
 merely anticipated

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.559
 Jesus

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:14.039
 has accomplished

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.960
 in him

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.679
 God truly

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:17.019
 dwelt

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.460
 in the midst

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.000
 of his people

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.579
 and through

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.220
 his death

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.960
 on the cross

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.099
 a sacrifice

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.679
 was made

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.439
 that atones

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:23.419
 for all

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.099
 of our sin

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:25.480
 once and for all

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.079
 a sacrifice

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.960
 so complete

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.279
 so sufficient

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.339
 that when he

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.899
 died

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.859
 the veil

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.659
 of the temple

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.599
 was torn

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.299
 in two

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.759
 opening

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.460
 the way

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.660
 to the most

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.500
 holy place

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:43.240
 and what

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.740
 was accomplished

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.480
 once and for all

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.059
 in Christ

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:46.900
 we see in the rest

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.559
 of the New Testament

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.319
 is now

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.640
 being applied

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.160
 by the Holy Spirit

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:54.440
 you see

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.319
 all in intimacy

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.940
 with God

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.860
 is made possible

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.440
 finally

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.539
 through Jesus Christ

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.220
 when we

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.799
 confess

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.440
 that we are

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.319
 separated from God

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.860
 by our sin

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.700
 and we trust

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.000
 that Jesus

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.799
 has made the

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.200
 sacrifice

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.960
 for our sins

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.400
 when he died

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.940
 on the cross

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.799
 and when we

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.460
 trust in Jesus

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.559
 God gives us

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.720
 new spiritual

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.120
 life

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:11.240
 he indwells us

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.720
 by his Holy Spirit

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:15.039
 earlier in the service

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.740
 Matt prayed

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.779
 just this prayer

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.920
 reminding us

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:19.539
 that all those

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.180
 who are in Christ

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.519
 Jesus

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:22.140
 are now

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.559
 the walking

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.660
 temples

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.759
 and tabernacles

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.819
 of the living God

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:29.019
 the dwelling place

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.420
 of God

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.080
 is no longer

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.740
 in a physical

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.340
 structure

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:32.059
 somewhere

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.039
 in the Middle East

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.220
 but it's the people

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.799
 of God

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.599
 the church

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.079
 indwelt

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.920
 by the Holy Spirit

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.379
 Paul says

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.879
 to the church

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.759
 in Ephesians 2.22

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.819
 that in Christ

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.180
 you're being

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.960
 built together

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.039
 into a dwelling

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.879
 place for God

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.680
 by the Spirit

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:47.559
 the tabernacle

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.039
 points ahead

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.680
 to Christ

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.379
 Christ

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:50.019
 has poured

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.899
 out his Spirit

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:53.220
 but there's

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.899
 one more chapter

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.359
 actually

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.339
 in this story

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:57.119
 and it's

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.500
 the chapter

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.240
 yet to come

00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:01.400
 when one day

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.180
 the dwelling place

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.620
 of God

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.180
 will be with

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.599
 his people

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.039
 in fullness

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.720
 when Christ

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.220
 returns

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:06.079
 and brings

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.539
 about a new

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.000
 heavens

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.759
 and a new

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.099
 earth

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.640
 when the

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.019
 redemption

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.839
 that he

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.319
 accomplished

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.220
 and that the

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.140
 Spirit applies

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:13.019
 that when that

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.339
 redemption

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.839
 is finally

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.799
 consummated

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.759
 and brought

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.259
 to bear

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.920
 and the glory

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.299
 of God

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.140
 covers the earth

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:19.079
 like the waters

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.920
 cover the sea

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.700
 and then on

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.440
 that day

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:24.319
 there'll be

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.880
 no temple

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.460
 and no tabernacle

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.340
 because we'll

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:28.060
 see God

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:29.040
 face to face

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:29.860
 and we will

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.260
 dwell

00:32:30.260 --> 00:32:30.860
 and we will

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.380
 reign with

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.040
 him forever

00:32:32.040 --> 00:32:33.600
 in a world

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.040
 where there is

00:32:34.040 --> 00:32:34.720
 no sin

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.720
 and no guilt

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.840
 and no shame

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:38.940
 and that project

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.980
 that God began

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.480
 in the Garden

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.840
 of Eden

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.740
 of his glory

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.720
 subsuming

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.540
 all of creation

00:32:43.540 --> 00:32:44.960
 finally reaches

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.700
 its fulfillment

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:48.060
 because Jesus

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:48.700
 our King

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.500
 has taken us

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.820
 there

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:55.179
 so where does

00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.619
 this tour

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.240
 leave us

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:58.559
 we've traveled

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.279
 from inside

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.740
 out

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.279
 and then in

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.659
 Christ

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.339
 from outside

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.079
 back in again

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.720
 through the veil

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.740
 but how should

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.079
 we apply

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.700
 these things

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:07.179
 two ways

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.619
 I think

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.279
 at least

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.980
 first a word

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.679
 about awe

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.539
 and intimacy

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:12.679
 friends

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.099
 if the people

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.500
 of Israel

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.899
 were meant

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.259
 to have a

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.720
 relationship

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.159
 with God

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.919
 fueled by

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.359
 awe

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.079
 and intimacy

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.480
 with him

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.919
 because

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.720
 of the

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.240
 tabernacle

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.599
 and because

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.219
 of the provision

00:33:20.219 --> 00:33:20.500
 of the

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.279
 sacrificial system

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.879
 how much

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.379
 more

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.119
 ought we

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:23.699
 today

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:25.099
 have

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.019
 that awe

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.659
 and intimacy

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.279
 who live

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.699
 in light

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.639
 of Christ's

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:29.019
 coming

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.359
 and Christ's

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.039
 sacrifice

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.139
 and Christ's

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.679
 resurrection

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:36.059
 often our

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:38.439
 devotional life

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:38.899
 will grow

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.359
 cold

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.159
 for a season

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.980
 often our

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.740
 prayers

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:43.139
 will hit

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:43.480
 a time

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.699
 when they

00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:44.539
 become forced

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:46.079
 our worship

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.699
 will be cold

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.500
 our Bible

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.879
 reading

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.379
 and our

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.419
 spiritual

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.000
 conversation

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.600
 with friends

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:50.940
 will feel

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.440
 rote

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.539
 and we

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:52.800
 can start

00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.140
 to wonder

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.539
 in those

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.900
 moments

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.340
 what's the

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.039
 way back

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:57.840
 how do I

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.480
 recapture

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.240
 that awe

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.080
 and intimacy

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.880
 with God

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.420
 again

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:04.519
 and what the

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.160
 biblical story

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.440
 of the

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.240
 tabernacle

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.740
 is saying

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.380
 to us

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.740
 is that

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.460
 the root

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.360
 in

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:12.300
 the way

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.900
 to draw

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.539
 near

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:15.559
 is not

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.880
 through

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.680
 more works

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.139
 that you

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.739
 provide

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.139
 but through

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.799
 the path

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.299
 that Jesus

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:21.399
 has blazed

00:34:21.399 --> 00:34:23.460
 so the

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.099
 path

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.059
 to awe

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.799
 and intimacy

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.399
 the way

00:34:26.399 --> 00:34:26.980
 to draw

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.500
 near

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:29.940
 is by

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.839
 turning from

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:31.759
 those sins

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.059
 and those

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.440
 attitudes

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.779
 that may

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.000
 have been

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.399
 drawing us

00:34:33.399 --> 00:34:33.619
 away

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:33.940
 yes

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.440
 but ultimately

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.319
 by placing

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:36.259
 our confidence

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.960
 in him

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.079
 and his

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.859
 finished work

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:39.419
 on the cross

00:34:39.419 --> 00:34:39.960
 again

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:44.019
 real

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.720
 awe

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.360
 and intimacy

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.980
 with God

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.820
 come only

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.260
 through a

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:47.639
 renewed

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:49.139
 taking hold

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.900
 of Christ

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.699
 by faith

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.380
 and it's

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.940
 the ministry

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.519
 of the Holy

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.840
 Spirit

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.860
 to show us

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.400
 the beauty

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.079
 of the cross

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.940
 and the beauty

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.519
 of Christ

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.599
 in fresh ways

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.300
 as we engage

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.900
 with one another

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.539
 in his word

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:01.000
 so that it flows

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.699
 forth in that

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.659
 kind of reverence

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.480
 and nearness

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.139
 to God

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:08.039
 second a word

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.900
 about mission

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:10.740
 the tabernacle

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.260
 stood at the

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:12.039
 center of the

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.880
 Israelite camp

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.420
 and you know

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.220
 their main job

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.780
 in many ways

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.200
 as a people

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.780
 was to worship

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.519
 God in the way

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.280
 he told them to

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.360
 and in that way

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.940
 to be a light

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.420
 to the nations

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.079
 around them

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.920
 but friends

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.460
 what we know

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.900
 now living

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.340
 in light

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.880
 of Christ's

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.099
 coming

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.400
 is that

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.700
 what was

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.519
 localized

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.119
 in the

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.660
 Old Testament

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:26.119
 at the

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.660
 tabernacle

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.019
 and then

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.240
 in the

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.579
 temple

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.519
 has now

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.740
 been

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.760
 globalized

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.579
 by Christ

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.059
 and the

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.559
 Holy Spirit

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.559
 the covenant

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.480
 presence

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.960
 of God

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.280
 friends

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.760
 is now

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.380
 no longer

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.039
 located in

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.860
 one spot

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.340
 in the

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.900
 tabernacle

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.260
 or the

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.519
 temple

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.199
 now

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.780
 the covenant

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.199
 presence

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.759
 of God

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.639
 the reign

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.119
 of God

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.759
 is present

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.800
 wherever the

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.099
 church

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.579
 meets

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.940
 in the

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.280
 name

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:46.000
 of Jesus

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.300
 God

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.719
 still

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.259
 desires

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.719
 to dwell

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:49.980
 in the

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.139
 midst

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.360
 of his

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.579
 people

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:50.840
 God

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.300
 is still

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.480
 the

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.659
 God

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:51.820
 who

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.320
 saves

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.780
 who

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.280
 speaks

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.719
 who

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.280
 dwells

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.559
 in our

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.800
 midst

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.400
 but the

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.800
 walls

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.119
 have been

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.659
 broken

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.340
 down

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.860
 and the

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.380
 presence

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.920
 of God

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.340
 has gone

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.920
 viral

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.259
 if you

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.400
 will

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.659
 now

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:01.940
 it's

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.460
 everywhere

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.360
 and the

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.840
 church

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.139
 is at

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.400
 the

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.860
 forefront

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.759
 of God's

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.199
 kingdom

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.980
 advance

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.559
 in the

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:07.920
 world

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:09.539
 that now

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.800
 we don't

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.079
 need to

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.760
 travel to

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.200
 a place

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.860
 somewhere far

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.480
 away to get

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.180
 near to God

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.880
 now we need to

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.519
 find the people

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.000
 of God

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.920
 gathered around

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.800
 the word of God

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.720
 where the spirit

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.599
 of God dwells

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:22.639
 in places

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.339
 as far

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.139
 flung

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:26.039
 as New Haven

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.559
 Connecticut

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.500
 at the

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.940
 corner of

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.319
 State and

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.719
 Grove

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:31.059
 in this

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.599
 old building

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.079
 that keeps

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.739
 costing us

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.019
 money

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.139
 here

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.819
 the

00:36:35.819 --> 00:36:36.219
 presence

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.799
 of God

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.839
 delights

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.420
 to dwell

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.519
 such that

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.819
 when we

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.139
 gather

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.799
 on Sunday

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.139
 we don't

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.440
 have to

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.279
 ask God

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:42.679
 to come

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:42.900
 down

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.139
 we don't

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.380
 have to

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.759
 beg

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.059
 God

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.500
 to show

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.719
 up

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.380
 God's

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.639
 already

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.039
 here

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.539
 friends

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:48.119
 beckoning

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.400
 us

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.960
 calling

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.199
 us

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.719
 to come

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.599
 and meet

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.039
 with him

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:52.219
 and not

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.840
 just between

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.440
 these four

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.940
 walls

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:55.679
 but wherever

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:57.000
 Christians

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.500
 gather

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.320
 in his

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.659
 name

00:36:58.659 --> 00:37:00.480
 and believer

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.239
 wherever you

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.599
 go

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.500
 in the name

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.980
 of Christ

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.480
 because the

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.980
 Holy Spirit

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.539
 dwells in

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:04.900
 you

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:07.139
 and as

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.420
 you go

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.740
 out

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.139
 into your

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.519
 work

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.280
 or into

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.440
 your

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.960
 family

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.360
 or into

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.559
 your

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.139
 neighborhood

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.920
 the

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.480
 presence

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.019
 of God

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.460
 is going

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.139
 with you

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:16.139
 sort of

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.480
 like a

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.900
 seed

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:18.240
 sort of

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.420
 like

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.920
 leaven

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.820
 that gets

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.280
 mixed

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.760
 in

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:22.360
 someone

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.000
 very wise

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.420
 once used

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.599
 that

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.059
 illustration

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:25.119
 it was

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.519
 Jesus

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.300
 he said

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.619
 this is

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:26.840
 what the

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.019
 kingdom

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.400
 of God

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.800
 is like

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.440
 it's

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.740
 seed

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.019
 it's

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.300
 leaven

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.579
 and it

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.119
 goes

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:33.339
 so you

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:33.679
 see friends

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.219
 our tour

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.859
 of the

00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:35.420
 tabernacle

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.779
 as we've

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:35.980
 sort of

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.460
 gone out

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.859
 and gone

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.139
 in

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.639
 it's

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:37.900
 got to

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.339
 go back

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:38.539
 out

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.900
 again

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:40.679
 we have

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.319
 to leave

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:41.859
 even the

00:37:41.859 --> 00:37:42.179
 courtyard

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.599
 in this

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.819
 tour

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.159
 and we've

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.339
 got to

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:43.639
 go out

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:43.960
 into the

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.319
 camp

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:45.019
 and then

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.179
 we've

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.339
 got to

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.559
 go out

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.839
 into the

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.119
 wilderness

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.799
 and then

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.000
 we have

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.199
 to go

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.400
 out

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.659
 to the

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:47.940
 ends

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.179
 of the

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.539
 earth

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:50.679
 because

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:50.960
 of what

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.159
 Jesus

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.659
 has done

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.799
 and the

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:53.239
 news

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.559
 that we

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.039
 have

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.739
 to bring

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.239
 brothers

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.460
 and

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.779
 sisters

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.980
 the news

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.219
 that we

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.599
 have to

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.920
 bring

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.079
 the

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.480
 presence

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.779
 that we

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.219
 bring

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.480
 friends

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.819
 and our

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.659
 neighbors

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.019
 and our

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.480
 colleagues

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.719
 it's

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.099
 good

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.719
 news

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:06.199
 that a

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.859
 relationship

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.480
 with God

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.839
 can be

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.319
 had

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:09.699
 that because

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:09.960
 of the

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.559
 grace of

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.059
 Christ

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:12.159
 he's opened

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.679
 the veil

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.279
 separating

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.659
 us

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.380
 from our

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.699
 deepest

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.139
 longing

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.659
 from God

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.099
 himself

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.799
 that death

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.159
 has been

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.500
 conquered

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.839
 that our

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.199
 sins

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.460
 have been

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.859
 forgiven

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 and that

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:19.960
 we will

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.279
 dwell

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.759
 with God

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.199
 forever

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.619
 starting

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 right now

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.539
 right here

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.199
 and that

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 the way

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 is open

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 for anyone

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 and for

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.859
 all who

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.339
 believe

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 so come

00:38:30.100 --> 00:38:30.680
 on in

00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:33.480
 come

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.440
 in

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 where God

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.260
 dwells in the

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 midst of his

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:38.059
 people

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:40.640
 let's pray

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 father our

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.800
 prayer this

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.120
 morning

00:38:48.120 --> 00:38:50.519
 is that by

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.059
 your spirit

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.460
 you would

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.000
 give us

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:53.079
 the faith

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.680
 to believe

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:55.419
 help us

00:38:55.419 --> 00:38:55.980
 to see

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:57.239
 in Christ

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:58.739
 that the

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.159
 way

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 into an

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.519
 intimate

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.159
 relationship

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.639
 with you

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 full of

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.359
 all

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 and full

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.779
 of nearness

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.899
 has been

00:39:04.899 --> 00:39:05.259
 opened

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 and help

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.659
 us to go

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.179
 forth

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.460
 this morning

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.839
 and this

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.219
 week

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:12.359
 in the

00:39:12.359 --> 00:39:12.879
 joy

00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:14.159
 of that

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.679
 nearness

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:16.159
 taking

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:17.139
 with us

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.539
 by your

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.219
 holy spirit

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:19.000
 the news

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.799
 that the

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.079
 way has

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.480
 been opened

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:23.260
 and we

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.679
 humans

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.360
 might dwell

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.380
 with God

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.699
 again

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.199
 because he

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.740
 has come

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.960
 to dwell

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.559
 with us

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:30.199
 in Jesus

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.760
 Christ our

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.099
 Lord we

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.400
 pray

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:33.139
 amen