Week 45, Day 3: The work continues
Today’s Reading: Exodus 37:1-29
Some thoughts from the reading..
Sometimes we are not thrilled at reading some OT passages because we get lost in all the details. Leviticus is a good example of passages that people often do not read because they give so much detail. Chapter 37 gives us the record of Bezelel’s work to construct the items for the tent of meeting. I want to ask you why would it be beneficial for such things to be recorded? I want to suggest that we need to remember that some of these details might have been important for the Israelites to have. After the items inside the tent were made and dedicated, who would see them? These items would not be visible to just anyone. And most of the people would never be able to see them. In particular the ark was covered before being transported. It wasn’t like anyone could swing by the Holy of holies to go chek things out. Some of these details might serve as an aid for the everyday Israelite to be able to visualize for themselves the majesty of such items and to picture what they looked like. Mankind did not have easy ways to pass out photos or make convenient visual aids to explain things. Such passages as chapter 37 can help reinforce a persons ability to “see” and understand what they would never be able to be near.
Question: Thinking about things that most Israelites would never see but had to envision, what things do Christians hold to and yet have never seen or touched?
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