Happy New Year!
- Posted on MaramSun, 13 Mar 2016 01:01:51 -06002016-03-13T01:01:51-06:0001 17, 2016
- in Bible, God, Hebrew, Messiah, Pekudei, Study, Torah, Yeshua
- by Hallelujah Girl
I’ve been most excited about this idea. The first day of the first month of the first year after being led out of the “bondage” we know as Egypt. The Torah Portion, pekudei, concludes with what will be the day of consecration. The tablets with the 10 Words will be placed into the Ark of The Covenant and it will be set into its place, at the heart of the Tabernacle. The Ark will be covered with the Mercy Seat, the bread of presence will be placed upon the table and the menorah will be prepared for lighting. There will be a burning of the incense and a grain offering. The bronze laver is filled with Holy Water. Moses sets up and seals off the courtyard, the curtain is put in place.
This is the one year anniversary of the Betrothal! One year prior to this moment all the people said, “All that Adonai has spoken, we will do and obey.” They accepted the engagement ring! They said Yes! So now for the Covenant! The marriage contract, the instructions for the bride. This is you and me ? Then Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which The Holy One has cut with you, in agreement with all these words.”
(Exodus 24:7-8)
The Mishkan is being raised, set up, & their purpose is clear! Our purpose is clear! ✔ This is the reason we are here. To build a Dwelling Place for the Shekinah! The Presence of The Holy One! Exodus tells us how to do that. As you read your Bible take note when you come across the words Tabernacle, Sanctuary, Dwelling Place, dwell, build, house, oil, light, covenant, incense, bread. These are Mishkan references! This is our work! To make a home for The Holy One!
Look again at the opening line on this week’s portion, pekudei, These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
(Exodus 38:21). Notice the word tabernacle? Twice in a row, means pay attention! According to the chumash, the double mention alludes to the two Tabernacles. The Tabernacle on earth was parallel with the one in Heaven. Remember Yeshua’s words in Matthew 6, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven“…..
Heaven and earth connected on this very day. Everything was done just as The Holy One said! No adding or taking away, no detail was ignored, no twisting the instructions to fit their way, and nothing was done to show off or attract a crowd.
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of The Holy One filled the Tabernacle. Moses was unable to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud resided there and the glory of The Holy One filled the Tabernacle.
~Exodus 40:34-35 (Hear Exodus 40:34-35 in Hebrew & English)
The Holy One was everywhere! The radiant cloud of the Bridegroom-King filled The Mishkan (Tabernacle)! Moses couldn’t even enter. The Holy One was above, below, beside, around, and in this Sanctuary! Despite their blunders, He came down! Despite our own blunders, He will come down! ~ And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We looked upon His glory, the glory of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
~John 1:14
The Creator of the Universe, Our Father in Heaven wants us to see we will never walk alone. The very last verse of the book of Exodus, For the cloud of The Holy One was on the Tabernacle by day and a fire was there by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.
~Exodus 40:38.
We will do and obey! Na’aseh v’nish’ma’, We will build/do/make (Your Words into our lives), and we will pay attention/listen/hear/understand (let Your Words change us from the inside out)! Join the Redeemed! May everything we do be according to what The Holy One has commanded, then we will understand!
From this week’s Gospel accompanying pekudei, Yeshua tells how He came down, to do the Father’s Will! To fulfill that beautiful covenant! “For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will but the will of the One who sent Me. “Now this is the will of the One who sent Me, that I lose not one of all He has given Me, but raise each one on the last day. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day.”
~John 6:38-40
Be Strong, Be Strong, and May you be Strengthened!
? Hallelujah Girl
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