God loves us, so he could not bear the wall that was between him and us. (Romans 3:23) It says, “for all have sinned”. Everyone has sinned, but if you do not realize your sins, going out before God is not a problem. But when the law comes and you realize your sins, the grace to resolve your sins will surely follow. The reason why the story of the tabernacle comes out twice in Exodus is because the law to make humans realize their sins came down twice. The people of Israel sin

When you read Exodus chapters 25-40, it talks about the tabernacle. Chapters 25-35 talk about God telling Moses on the top of the mountain to command the children of Israel to build the tabernacle. And after that, from chapter 36 until the last chapter, the exact same story of the tabernacle is repeated. The tabernacle was made by Bezalel and Aholiab, who were established following the guidance of God, so chapter 40 talks about them setting it up. It is the same story of the

Exodus 33:3 “for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” God could no longer go with the people of Israel who were deep in sin. So he made the tabernacle so he could dwell in the midst of the Israelites who had sin. In other words, the thing that possessed all the conditions for God to dwell with them was the tabernacle. Outside the tabernacle was the courtyard, and outside the courtyard were the Levites who lived the

Exodus 25 talks about building the tabernacle. In chapter 25 verse 1, the Lord commanded the children of Israel to bring an offering, and with that offering, “let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them” (Exodus 25:8). God wanted to dwell among the Israelite people. But God who is holy cannot dwell with the large group of Israel who had a lot of sin, so he told them to build him a sanctuary so he can live among them. Of course, these words are not just for the I