Topic: Drawing Near to God Tabernacle of Moses Pt'4

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• Topic Drawing Near to God (Tabernacle of Moses
  Pt.4)

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Exodus 4033-3833 Then Moses set up the
courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put
up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
And so Moses finished the work. 34 Then the
cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory
of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses could
not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud
had settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle.
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36 In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever
the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they
would set out 37 but if the cloud did not lift,
they did not set out--until the day it lifted. 38
So the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle
by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in
the sight of all the house of Israel during all
their travels.
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Matthew 2751 At that moment the curtain of the
temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The
earth shook and the rocks split.Mark 1538-39
The curtain of the temple was torn in two from
top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood
there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw
how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the
Son of God!"
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Hebrews 1019-22 Therefore, brothers, since we
have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by
the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way
opened for us through the curtain, that is, his
body, 21 and since we have a great priest over
the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with
a sincere heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a
guilty conscience and having our bodies washed
with pure water.
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Exodus 2510-22"Have them make a chest of acacia
wood--two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a
half wide, and a cubit and a half high. Overlay
it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make
a gold molding around it Make an atonement cover
of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a
cubit and a half wide. And make two cherubim out
of hammered gold The cherubim are to face each
other, looking toward the cover There, above the
cover between the two cherubim that are over the
ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you
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• MERCY SEAT
• a picture of Gods throne. Gods Shekinah
  presence rests here.
• Called mercy seat because God meets with the
  High Priest here and Gods mercy and grace is
  poured out to the people here.

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• INSIDE THE ARK
• Two stone tablets with Ten Commandments. (Gods
  Law)
• Golden Pot of Manna
• (Gods Provision)
• Aarons rod that budded.
• (Gods authority)

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Truths

• We are to carry the presence of God.

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Joshua 313-14And as soon as the priests who
carry the ark of the LORD-the Lord of all the
earth-set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing
downstream will be cut off and stand up in a
heap." So when the people broke camp to cross
the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the
covenant went ahead of them.
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Truths

• We are to carry the presence of God.
• Carrying Gods presence requires holiness.
• Carrying Gods presence requires understanding
  and obedience to Gods protocol.

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2 Samuel 66-7When they came to the threshing
floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold
of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7
The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah because of
his irreverent act therefore God struck him down
and he died there beside the ark of God.
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1 Samuel 41-9The Israelites camped at Ebenezer,
and the Philistines at Aphek The Philistines
deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the
battle spread, Israel was defeated by the
Philistines So the people sent men to Shiloh,
and they brought back the ark of the covenant of
the LORD Almighty, When the ark of the LORD's
covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised
such a great shout that the ground shook The ark
of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni
and Phinehas, died.
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Truths

• We are to carry the presence of God.
• Gods presence must not be confused with rituals
  and traditions

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Timeline

• _at_ 1500 BC The Tabernacle of Moses
• 960 BC Solomons temple completed.
• 587 BC Temple destroyed and burned by
  Nebuchadnezzar
• 515 BC Temple rebuilt by Zerubabbel
• 9 AD Herod completes Temple
• 70 AD Temple destroyed by Romans

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1 Corinthians 619-20 Do you not know that your
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in
you, whom you have received from God? You are not
your own you were bought at a price. Therefore
honor God with your body.
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Truths

• We are to carry the presence of God.
• Gods presence must not be confused with rituals
  and traditions
• Gods presence now resides in Gods people.

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1 Peter 24-5 As you come to him, the living
Stone-rejected by men but chosen by God and
precious to him- you also, like living stones,
are being built into a spiritual house to be a
holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Eph 219-22 Consequently, you are no longer
foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with
God's people and members of God's household, 20
built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief
cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is
joined together and rises to become a holy temple
in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being
built together to become a dwelling in which God
lives by his Spirit.
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Truths

• We are to carry the presence of God.
• Gods presence must not be confused with rituals
  and traditions
• Gods presence now resides in Gods people.
• God is now building a spiritual temple.

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Revelation 2122-24 I did not see a temple in
the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the
sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of
God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24
The nations will walk by its light, and the kings
of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
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Truths

• We are to carry the presence of God.
• Gods presence must not be confused with rituals
  and traditions
• Gods presence now resides in Gods people.
• God is now building a spiritual temple.
• Gods eternal purpose He lives with us.