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Intro
We will be in tonight.
David Brooks, who is an op-ed writer for the New York Times, wrote a year ago in his weekly article that
“Exodus in a very real way is tied to the identity of Americans in that throughout our history, it has been the narrative that has shaped and formed us as a people.”
He pointed out he thinks all the issues that exist in the United States today are because of a loss of that narrative.
Our History
If you think about our history briefly, we are a nation based off of some sort of exodus.
Think about it.
The Puritans and Pilgrims made their way over because why?
They were fleeing.
The were performing an exodus.
Later on we have the revolutionary war which was what?
An exodus or leaving of the British.
Not long after that we had the Civil war which was what?
An exodus from slavery.
Then we had the Civil rights movement in the 60’s.
This is all language that points to or surrounds the very same narrative that we are currently studying now in Exodus.
Tabernacle
Last week we covered the tabernacle.
The overall idea to take away from that tabernacle and making relevant for today was seeing that God, in all that he is, has a longing to dwell among his creation.
I find this absolutely stunning.
You could also say that it is the same for us.
Augustine Quote
Augustine would say it like this: “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you.”
This idea of tabernacling.
God with us.
God in us via the Holy Spirit because of Christ.
That restlessness we feel (that maybe even right now you feel in here) that you just can’t quite get past something, and you’re not sure what it is.
See, we have a creator and our hearts will only be at rest when we are with the creator.
C.S. Lewis Quote
Then C.S. Lewis would say it like this: “If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
There it is again.
This sort of restlessness.
One day you will have a car, a house, a spouse, kids, family and then, only then after all of that, if you still feel a bit restless, C.S. Lewis says it can only be one logical conclusion.
Your heart is longing for another world.
Your heart is longing to be with the creator.
Getting in the Presence
We understand and get the fact that God is among us.
This is great news.
Where I want to go is more in the opposite direction.
How do We come into God’s presence?
It sounds like it might be easy but here is the issue.
It is an issue that we haven’t addressed yet.
God is a Holy god and we are sinners.
We are unholy.
The bible in fact refers to God as an all consuming fire.
This is how Holy he is.
The holiness of God burns so brightly and beautifully that is consumes everything that is not Holy.
If you actually think about, the idea that God is among us is an extremely scary thing.
Just straight because nothing that in unholy can be in the presence of the Lord without being utterly destroyed.
So the question or elephant in the room is, “How do we get into the presence of the lord if we are unholy?”
breakdown.
Let’s go Exodus chapter 27.
Quickly before we read this.
One fun fact.
What we are about to read might kind of seem out of place but we all know that this possibly can’t be true because it is the word of God.
Everything was written the way it was for a reason.
If we read back, we can see that the lampstand was discussed in .
Now in 27, we are going to read about the light being turned on right before we dive into the priestly garments.
It would be like you write a story talking about the lampstand, then you moved on and come back to talking about the light being on 3 chapters later.
Your english teacher, if she is good at what she does, would most likely circle the “light on” section and draw a big read arrow pointing back to where it should be placed following the lampstand.
This is what we have going on in this area.
So it’s a bit odd but with God, noting is odd or out of place.
For the future, if you ever notice something like in the bible, Pay Attention
There is a reason for it.
Lets Dive in
Scripture Reading
Exodus 27:20
Skip ahead
Exodus 28:1
Now skip ahead again.
Lets read about the altar and incense.
Exodus 30:1-
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