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

The first half of Exodus explains in detail how the Israelite people came out of Egypt. In the second half, it continues with the law that came down. After that, it speaks about the tabernacle, starting in chapter 25, and Exodus ends when the tabernacle is completed. John 5:39 says, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.” Here, “the Scriptures” means the Old Testament. The Old Testament is showing Jesus

The Door of the Tabernacle The direction that the door faced was the opposite direction of houses in the world. The door of the tabernacle faces east, so in order to enter the Holy Place, we must go from east to west. When Jesus was born, the wise men came from the east. It means they had to keep going west in order to meet Jesus. Most people want to head towards the east, where the sun rises. In other words, the direction of where hope in their flesh grows. The way to go to