"We have to let this penetrate. God wants to live among men and pitch His tent among them. All this, of course, is foreshadowing the greatest event in world history, of which John says: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. The miracle is not only that God comes to live among men, but that He allows us to give Him living quarters. He does not force Himself upon mankind. He only comes to those who voluntarily provide a place for Him to live. If Israel's slavery in Egypt is a picture of man's slavery of sin and of the tyranny of the powers of darkness, their contributions came from the wages of this slavery. God managed, in a way that is beyond our comprehension, to use that which is bad and degrading to build a monument for His glory." ~ Commentary by Rev. John Schultz
The next few chapters will talk about the building of the tabernacle. If you have never done a study on the tabernacle and how each piece is not only a picture of the Heavenly tabernacle, but also how each piece is a picture of Christ then I would recommend you do that, it is a beautiful study. Beth Moore does a great study on this as well as others I have read and studied, but we will not focus on that today in this post.
What I really like today is the quote above that said that God used what was bad and degrading to build a monument for His glory. How beautiful is that when you, as the commentator put it, let it penetrate. He talked about how all the wealth they took out of Egypt was what they had to give to make and beautify the temple. It was their "back wages" for all their years of slavery.
What do you have in your life, in your past, that God is using to build a monument for His Glory?
Let that thought penetrate for a moment and meditate quietly on it and then turn it into a prayer and song of praise ...
"But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel." Psalm 22:3
Blessings Abundant,
Michelle
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