Today we are reading Number 7. In this chapter we read about the Consecration of the Tabernacle. “On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils, the chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers’ houses, who were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached and brought their offerings before the Lord, six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and for each one an ox. They brought them before the tabernacle. And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.”
Numbers 7:1-3, 89 ESV This was a huge event! The Nation of Israel gathered to consecrate the Tabernacle and make offerings. The Tabernacle, and later the Temple, was the centerpiece of Israel’s spiritual and social life. What is the equivalent of the Tabernacle for you? What does your life revolve around? May Jesus be your center! Pastor Tim
