It may be hard to visualize the desert sanctuary just from the Biblical text. Click here to view a web page with photos of a full-size model of the sanctuary built in the desert in Israel.Exodus 27:1 (vi) “You are to make the altar of acacia-wood, seven-and-a-half feet long and seven-and-a-half feet wide — the altar is to be square and four-and-a-half feet high. 2 Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece with it; and you are to overlay it with bronze.
3 “Make its pots for removing ashes, and its shovels, basins, meat-hooks and fire pans; all its utensils you are to make of bronze. 4 Make for it a grate of bronze netting; and on the four corners of the netting, make four bronze rings. 5 Put it under the rim of the altar, so that the netting reaches halfway up the altar. 6 Make poles of acacia-wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. 7 Its poles are to be put into the rings; the poles are to be on both sides of the altar for carrying it. 8 The altar is to be made of planks and hollow inside. They are to make it just as you were shown on the mountain.
30:1 (vii) “You are to make an altar on which to burn incense; make it of acacia-wood. 2 It is to be eighteen inches square and three feet high; its horns are to be of one piece with it. 3 Overlay it with pure gold — its top, all around its sides, and its horns; and put around it a molding of gold. 4 Make two gold rings for it under its molding at the two corners on both sides; this is where the carrying-poles will go. 5 Make the poles of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 “Place it in front of the curtain by the ark for the testimony, in front of the ark-cover that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 Aharon will burn fragrant incense on it as a pleasing aroma every morning; he is to burn it when he prepares the lamps. (Maftir) 8 Aharon is also to burn it when he lights the lamps at dusk; this is the regular burning of incense before Adonai through all your generations.
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It may be hard to visualize the desert sanctuary just from the Biblical text. Click here to view a web page with photos of a full-size model of the sanctuary built in the desert in Israel. In the barren wilderness, God miraculously fed the Israelites (cf. Exodus 16:11-15, 31, 35). Inside the sanctuary, a gold-covered table held “the bread of the presence” as a sign that God nourished them spiritually as well as physically. Similarly, the physical light from the seven-branched lampstand (Hebrew menorah) reminded Israel that their God provided the spiritual light to guide
their steps on the path of true life.
• Jesus drew directly on the symbolism of both the Tabernacle’s table and lampstand. John reported that Jesus said explicitly, “I am the Bread of Life,” and elaborated on the image in ways that shape our understanding of the meaning of the bread we eat at the Lord’s Supper (cf. John 6:47-51). How much hunger do you feel for the Bread of Life? What are some of the ways that you can feed your spiritual life on Jesus?
• Remembering the lampstand, Jesus twice announced, “I am the Light of the world”
(John 8:12, 9:4-5). The second time, John said, came as he gave a blind man sight—a physical sign that underlined his power to give spiritual sight to all who desire it. That led to the formerly blind man’s well-known statement to skeptical religious leaders, “Here’s what I do know: I was
blind and now I see” (John 9:25). In what ways has Jesus given you clearer spiritual sight, and brought heaven’s light more fully into your life?
Prayer: Lord Jesus, when I am empty and hungry inside, be the Bread of Life for me. When I’m confused and in the dark, be the Light of my world. Amen.
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Insights from Courtney Felzke
Courtney Felzke is Chaplain of Silver Link, providing Pastoral Care to many within the Silver Link Ministry as well as doing work behind the scenes in the ministry, including: coordinating care for those served by the ministry and recruiting and training new volunteers.Today’s GPS challenged us to think about ways we can weave prayer more fully into our daily lives. This made me think about our last Grief Support Group meeting.
I help to lead the Grief Support group here at the church. We are studying Julie Yarbrough’s book, Beyond the Broken Heart. At the end of chapter 1, Yarbrough helps us to think about what prayer looks like when we are in a state of grief: “If you feel unable to pray, you may allow the prayers of others to carry you for as long as you feel disconnected from God. It is not so much that you are unwilling to pray; when you grieve, the mind is in chaos, unable to offer more than the simplest expression of prayer . . . Many who grieve find comfort in praying for their deceased loved one. For them it is an act of communion, the spiritual acknowledgement that he or she lives on, perfected in Heaven,” (page 35 of Beyond the Broken Heart: A Journey Through Grief, Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2012).
As someone who has had a huge loss in my life, I found Yarbrough’s talk of prayer quite comforting. Even if we can’t come up with words to say, others can pray for us. If we happen to be able to manage words, even if they are chaotic, God can still figure out what we are trying to say.
The thing I found most comforting, however, was this idea that we can pray for our loved ones in Heaven. I had never thought about this until we were gathered with friends after my dad had passed away. One of these friends led us in a prayer and asked God to give my dad a hug. Those simple words were so impactful to me. God could give my dad a hug and give him a warm welcome into his new home. As Yarbrough discusses in the above quote, this helped me to feel connected to my dad, for I could simply talk to God and know in some way I was also talking to my dad.
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Tabernacle Replica
Located in Timna Park in Israel, 20 miles north of Eilat
More photographs and information of the model here.
Tabernacle from above
Tabernacle with bronze laver
All of these images plus 700 more are available in high-resolution on the Negev and the Wilderness DVD (volume 5 of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands).
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Tabernacle holy place with objects
Tabernacle sacrificial altar
Tabernacle table of showbread
Tabernacle Ark of Covenant with cherubim
Tabernacle Ark of the Covenant
Tabernacle court with altar and bronze laver
Tabernacle from above
Tabernacle high priest
Tabernacle altar of incense
Tabernacle model from above
Tabernacle priest with menorah
Tabernacle sacrificial altar with ramp
Tabernacle table of showbread
Tabernacle structure with Solomon’s Pillars
Tabernacle tent fabric
Tabernacle with altar
Tabernacle with sacrificial altar
Tabernacle bronze laver
Tabernacle from above
Tabernacle Ark of the Covenant contents
Tabernacle high priest breastplate
Tabernacle altar of incense utensils
Tabernacle outer court
Tabernacle sacrificial altar grate
Tabernacle sacrificial altar, Solomon’s Pillars
Tabernacle sacrificial altar, Solomon’s Pillars
Tabernacle sacrificial altar, Solomon’s Pillars
Tabernacle with altar and bronze laver
Tabernacle altar of incense
Tabernacle altar of incense
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