Journal Through the Bible: Week 15 Tuesday

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Exodus chapter 26

Does God make any promises in this chapter?

• There are no promises stated.

Are there any references to Jesus?

• The boards and linens were used to designate and set apart the Holy Place of the Tabernacle and the Holy of Holies that could only be entered by the High Priest once a year. This represented the separation that sin made between God and man. Upon His death, the curtain of the Temple tore from top to bottom signifying that Jesus had removed separation between God and man. All who confess their sin and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as the atonement for their sin will have access to God.

Are there any references to future events?

• The Tabernacle was a temporary place of worship. The Temple was to be the permanent structure. We are told that there is a Temple in Heaven where every redeemed person has admittance. There is no longer a curtain to separate God's people from Him!

Does God issue any commands?

• God told them to make 10 curtains of linen with embroidered cherubim for the tabernacle.
• God told them to make 11 curtains of goats' hair for a covering above the tabernacle.
• God told them to make a covering for the tent of rams skins dyed red and a covering above that of badger's skins.
• God told them to make make boards for the tabernacle with sockets and rings for coupling them together.
• God told them to make an inner vail (a curtain) to separate the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place where the Ark of the Covenant (also called Testimony) sat.
• God told them to make the outer curtain also.