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THE
TABERNACLE
COST OF THE TABERNACLE
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Exodus 35:5 NKJV. Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;...2 Cor 9:5-10 NKJV. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a grudging obligation. But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: "He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever." Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, ...
Speak to the people that they should bring me an offering, a WILLING OFFERING, not grudgingly nor of necessity....NOT WRUNG OUT OF THEM. This sanctuary was to be built by a people who desired to have Him in their midst.
Exodus 36:5-7 NKJV. ... and they spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded us to do." So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary." And the people were restrained from bringing, for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done; indeed too much.
The people responded. There were so many offerings, it was cluttering up the work place. Many a pastor would love to be in that kind of predicament. Where did these former slaves get all that stuff? God provided it when they left Egypt. Egypt insisted that they take it. God has always provided seed for those who will sow.
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The cost of the tabernacle and court is difficult to estimate. There was one and a quarter tons of gold. (Priced at $300 per ounce, that's approximately $12,000,000 in Y2K US dollars for the gold alone.) Four and one half tons of silver. Four tons or more of brass, (some think this was copper). There was lots of fine white linen embroidered in blue, purple and scarlet. In addition, there was the goats hair covering, rams and badger skins (some render this as porpoise or seal skins). Large amounts of acacia wood, called incorruptible wood by the people, and precious stones that were on the breast plate of the priest. Exodus 38:24-31.All of this cost was to represent one of whom the Father said, "You are my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." It is of Him that we sing, Lord you are more costly than silver, more precious than gold. We are told to enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise, to be thankful unto Him and bless his name. Psalms 100:4. And well we should, for even in the days of the tabernacle there was the foreshadowing of Gentiles entering into His grace. Leviticus 17:8 and 22:18, speak of the stranger who had the same liberty, as the Israelite to enter into His tabernacle.
Romans10:12-13 NKJV. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
The camp has been set up, God has spoken, "make me a sanctuary." The offering has been taken from willing hands. There are stacks of stuff everywhere. The work tents have been set up. Goats have been shorn, some of the people are weaving, others are busy with needles. The hides are soaking in vats of scarlet dye. Metal workers are busy pounding out thin sheets of gold. Silver is melted and poured into molds. Brass is fashioned into sockets. Carpenters saw and plane smooth, the acacia trees. Boards and poles are being stacked until they are needed. Lumber is being prepared for the furnishings. Everywhere in the camp, there is heard the happy sounds of people moving in harmony toward a goal.
The tabernacle, the furnishings, the priesthood, the offerings and the
sacrifices, all set forth spiritual truths of the one who was to come.
Give honor, glory and praise unto Him, He is worthy.
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