MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Monday, February 20, 2023

The Tabernacle: A Practice Rooted in Culture

    Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. 35 Moses could no longer enter the Tabernacle because the cloud had settled down over it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.  

                                                                                   Exodus 40: 34 – 35 (NLT)

1.     What is the tabernacle called in Exodus 26: 36?

2.     Ancient pagan worshippers made sacrifices of the fines foods in order to placate their gods and curry their favor.

         READ: Exodus 13: 3;  Leviticus 23: 9 – 14; Nehemiah 10: 35

a.     How is what God asked His people to do SIMILAR to what pagan people believed their gods demanded?

b.    How is what God asked His people to do DIFFERNT to what pagan people believed their gods demanded?

c.     What do you think God wanted to communicate through the sacrifices he required? READ: Psalm 24: 1;  1 Corinthians 10: 26

3.     Many ancient cultures and protective creatures, similar to cherubim, that possessed human, animal, or bird like features and were often depicted in association with the gods.     READ: Genesis 3: 23 & 24;                  Exodus 25: 17 – 22; Psalm 80: 1;  Revelation 4; 2 -11

a.     With what are cherubim identified in the bible?

b.    What do you think the cherubim sculpted on the cover of the ark of the covenant communicated about God to His people?

4.     In Egypt, priests conducted incense rituals intended to purify the image of the god and to persuade the god to enter the image.

a.     In contrast, what did incense provide in relationship to the presence of God? READ:  Leviticus 16: 1, 2, 12 & 13.