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GODS TABERNACLE
THE MOST HOLY PLACE
EXODUS CHAPTER 25: VERSES 1-9
"ADONAI said to Moshe, Tell the people of Isra'el to take up a collection for me------accept a contribution from anyone who wholeheartedly wants to give. The contribution you are to take from them is to consist of gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn; fine linen, goat's hair, tanned ram skins and fine leather, acacia-wood; oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; onyx stones and other stones to be set, for the ritual vest and the breastplate. They are to make me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them. You are to make it according to everything I show you---the design of the tabernacle and the design of its furnishings. This is how you are to make it."
Definition of Tabernacle- A Meeting Place, House of Worship and Prayer, Communion Table, Temple
YOCHANAN (JOHN) 15: 3-8
"Right now, because of the word which I have spoken to you, you are pruned. Stay united with me, as I will with you---for just as the branch can't put forth fruit by itself apart from the vine, so you can't bear fruit apart from me. I am the vine and you are the branches. Those who stay united with me, and I with them, are the ones who bear much fruit; because apart from me you can't do a thing. Unless a person remains united with me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up. Such branches are gathered and thrown into a fire, where they are burned up. If you remain united with me, and my words with you, then ask whatever you want, and it will happen for you. This is how my Father is glorified---in your bearing much fruit; this is how you will prove to be my talmidim."
We as children of the Most High God must first understand that we ourselves, Meaning: The Spirit that truly dwells within each and everyone of us is a duplication of the Old Testament Tabernacle. Yeshua the Messiah not only was a physical representation of this Tabernacle (In Body) but He was Victorious over that which is physical due to His Spirit within his Inner man, and thus because of this, He was able to open the doorway to the Most Holy Place. In order to have victory over our physical circumstances we also are required to Conquer it by way of the Holy Spirit which dwells within our Inner man.
YOCHANAN (JOHN) 4: 23-25
"But the time is coming---indeed, it's here now---when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly, for these are the kind of people the Father wants worshiping him. God is spirit; and worshipers must worship him spiritually and truly. The woman replied, "I know that Mashiach is coming" (that is, "the one who has been anointed"). "When he comes, he will tell us everything." Yeshua said to her, "I, the person speaking to you, am he."
Have we forgotten our Covenant relationship with our Father in Heaven and our total allegiance to the producing of His divine instructions and His Manifested Glory amongst each other here on earth.
See not just anyone was chosen to build this Tabernacle which is a physical representation of Gods presence amongst his people. A presence of protorship and safety for us to come to a place of rest. Those who were truly up for the task at hand must of proved themselves to our Lord Most High including their fellow believers by their wholeheartedness. We might even say they went through an audition (or test of their skills) which mind you the Lord had prepared them by way of opportunities of learning prior to the building of the Tabernacle. But do we think that the physical opportunities through educational experiences or other physical means, really qualified them to build this Tabernacle according to the precise instructions given to them by God. Absolutely Not, it took much more then their educational experiences and physical means, it took something called "Wholeheartedness" (Willingly and Ungrudgingly with His/Her Heart). What really enhanced their qualifications was their true Character Worth, their sole devotion to serving God Almighty from within This is not Tangible. Whomsoever was chosen had to of had a willing heart (Main Key to our Covenant relationship with ADONAI). Without a willing heart there is no room for the word "Covenant" but only "Divorce" regarding ADONAI.
Definition Of Willingly- Obedient, Consenting, Heed, Eagerness, Readiness, Homage, Faith, Unshakableness, Come at Ones Call.
Definition Of Ungrudgingly- Without Hostility, Without Envy, Do Not Refuse, Don't Do Things Out Of Spite, Without ill Feelings Towards One Another, No Contentions, Bitterness, Or Discord.
So Just like those who built the physical Tabernacle, those who truly desired to fulfill Gods Will. They yearned and thirsted for the task at hand and to fulfill it even if it meant weariness and persecution along the way. They would risk death for the fulfillment of Gods Manifested Glory. Along with the love of fulfilling Gods Divine Instructions, they also had to have an open-mind, the ability to take orders or suggestions made by those who worked along side of them, there was no room for prejudice qualities or impartiality amongst one another no matter how big or small the task was assigned to each and everyone of them. They all had to work in harmony with continuous, unswerving, tendencies in their Hearts, Minds, and Souls. At all times keeping an attitude of excitement, being in High Spirits; Smiling, Laughing, Radiant in All Their Ways. Constantly being of Good Courage with Cheerful Expectations whether the circumstances at the time are Favorable or Unfavorable.
I believe, if we ourselves do not obtain these qualifications by way of the Spirit of God within us, This Tabernacle, Meeting Place, House of Worship, Communion Table, Or Temple and the Fullness Thereof in our Hearts, Mind and Souls will not be built according to Gods order of things . How in the world are we going to be able to see the Final Outcome in regards to what Adonai has in store for us much less our children's children.
We truly need to put aside our differences (No Partiality) and to function together as One In The Body Of Yeshua the Messiah. So are we really cut out and ready for the task at hand, The Manifested Glory Of God?
I CORINTHIANS 6: 19-20
"Or don't you know that your body is a temple for the Ruach HaKodesh who lives inside you, whom you received from God? The fact is, you don't belong to yourselves; for you were bought at a price. So use your bodies to glorify God."
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TABERNACLE OFFERRINGS
(REQUIRED BY THE LORD)
I. ACACIA WOOD OFFERING:
Lets proceed by first focusing on the offering of the acacia wood for it is a vital necessity in the construction of the tabernacle. It's main representation is that of a FIRM FOUNDATION. If we do not have a firm foundation, our house (INNERMAN) will not be able to withstand the harshness and the desolation of our own wilderness experience.
DEFINITION OF ACACIA- Genius; A class, kind or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic. Familiar Spirit, Someone who holds a special providence, A guide, Someone who hold a divine function and has judicious control.
DEFINITION OF WOOD- A hard fibrous substance basically (Xylem) that makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of the trees or shrubs beneath the bark and is found in limited extent in herbaceous plants. NOTE: (Xylem) is a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consist of vessels.
DESCRIPTION OF AN ACACIA TREE- A hard wood with a beautiful FINE GRAIN OR CLOSE GRAIN. Insects find the taste of acacia wood distasteful, and the density makes it difficult for decaying agents to penetrate. NOTE: Location of the acacia tree; It is found int the wilderness or as we might say in a place of desolation, wretchedness, harshness, destruction, heartbreak, disruption, disorderliness.
YOCAHNAN (JOHN) 15: 1-3
" I AM the real vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch which is part of me but fails to bear fruit, he cuts off; and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit. Right now, because of the word which I have spoken to you, you are pruned."
It appears that Yeshua was always in a place of desolation in order to bring Elohim's mercy and grace upon those who suffered from heartbreak or were in the midst of unruliness. He was fully capable of destroying the chains of bondage that plaques the scenery. Yeshua proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he was this FIRM FOUNDATION IN ITS TOTALITY. Yeshua also new that he was distasteful to all those who came up against him. Our different characteristics within our inner man are these stems and branches but it is the Xylem (Holy Spirit or Spirit of God) within us that will continue to prune away the particular characteristics which either are completely removed in its entirety or refined in such a manner that it brings Elohim's Shekinah Glory to Light. But in order for this to take place, the FIRM FOUNDATION(Acacia tree, Yeshua the Messiah) has to be used in the construction of certain items within the tabernacle.
The following Items: Construction of the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place
1. " They are to make an ark of acacia-wood three-and three-quarters feet long, two-and-a quarter feet wide and two-and-a quarter feet high" (Ark of the Covenant)
2. "Make poles of acacia-wood" (Ark of the Covenant)
3. "You are to make a table of acacia-wood three feet long, eighteen inches wide and eighteen inches high. (Show Bread Table)
4. "Make the poles of acacia wood" (Show Bread Table)
5. "Make upright planks for the tabernacle out of acacia-wood."
6. "Make crossbars of acacia-wood"
7. "Four acacia wood post" (For the curtain)
8. "Five post of acacia-wood" (For the screen)
9. "You are to make an altar on which to burn incense; make it of acacia wood."(Altar of Incense)
The following item: Courtyard
1. "You are to make the altar of acacia-wood, seven-and-a-half feet long and seven-and-a half feet wide" (Altar of Sacrifice)
These items mentioned are to give you an idea of how important the acacia wood was in the construction of the Tabernacle.
II. GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE
These three offerings represents three different spiritual attributes which we have access to till this day. All three are of vital necessity to our Spiritual growth in ADONAI. They all can be included in the refining process of our characteristics. If we noticed, most of the items within the Tabernacle was either overlaid or made completely of (BEATENED AND TURNED WORK) regarding these three offerings.
GOLD- Represents a spirit that has been tested and refined by fire. Someone who is clean, pure, essential, honest, innocent, perfectly polished and thoroughly virtuous.
SILVER- Represents a spirit that of whiteness, lightness, silver-tongued, eloquence, smoothness, full of grace, flowing, meaningfulness, liveliness, softness, and humility.
BRONZE- Represents a spirit that is aware that he is blemished, stained, tarnished, crafty, artful,wily, scheming, and deceitful.
REVELATION 3:17-22
"For you keep saying, "I am rich, I have gotten rich, I don't need a thing! You don't know that you are the one who is wretched, pitiable,poor, blind and naked! My advice to you is to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be dressed and not have to be ashamed of your nakedness; and eye salve to rub on your eyes, so that you may see. As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so exert yourselves, and turn from your sins!
We must first purchase from Yeshua the Messiah (FOUNDATION) the Gold Offering which is a representation of the Holy Spirit in order for us to be refined by fire then we can be clothed with whiteness according to the Silver Offering thus overcoming what we have recognized and acknowledged the Bronze Offering (Our Nudity, and Shame).
To be "BEATENED AND MADE OF TURNED WORK" requires our spirit to be overpowered and overwhelmed to the point of suffering bone weariness or as we might say becoming more dead than alive (to self) in order to really be alive in Yeshua. Why? For the sole purpose of being shifted (undergo change) in another direction that is pleasing to the Father. So our tour of duty here on earth "In Him" will come to its fullness (Stage of Completion) (God's Kingdom).
I CORINTHIANS 3: 9-13
"For we are God's co-workers; you are God's field, God's building. Using the grace God gave me, I laid a foundation, like a skilled master-builder; and another man is building on it. But let each one be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Yeshua the Messiah. Some will use gold, silver or precious stones in building on this foundation; while others will use wood, grass or straw. But each one's work will be shown for what it is; the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire---the fire will test the quality of each one's work."
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!
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