The He is not what is Important it the Obedience

 Exodus 36:8-19

 

November 12, 2024

 

And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked.  The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.  He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise, he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set.  He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another.  And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So, the tabernacle was a single whole.

He also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.  The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size.  He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.  And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain.  And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole. And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins.

If you are like me in wanting to know who the “he” is referring to, it seems God's Word is silent on that fact.  It was one of the workers, but is that what one should get for a deeper understanding of how to live life on planet Earth?  

Could it be that the obedience of each person God has called for a task to honor His holy name?  First, they needed a man who brought them the word of God, and that was Moses.  Then they needed what verse one tells us: “Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whom the Lord has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.”  

Then they needed the resources to do the work, and God put the same desire in the people's hearts to do this with a generous heart.

You and I also need these same things each day, if we hope to walk in victory.  God has not changed, but we are so blessed to have the veil of the Temple torn, and no longer need anyone but Jesus and the Holy Spirit to look to, to run to when the world system tries to mold us into its patterns.

Jesus makes this clear in John 16:33, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

My prayer is that you and I will not worry about the “he” in Scripture, but we will be doers of Truth, for Jesus is the Truth, and the Holy Spirit will lead us into Truth.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice