WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2023
/Wednesday, February 22, 2023
The Tabernacle: God Lives Among His People
Then I will live among the people of Israel and be their God, 46 and they will know that I am the Lord their God. I am the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the Lord their God.
Exodus 29: 45 & 46 (NLT)
As you study today, think about this: As the Hebrews left their 400 years of Egyptian captivity, how would they encounter God? How would they come to know God’s story and participate in his plan to reclaim His world?
READ: Genesis 12: 6 & 7; 28: 10 – 17; Exodus 3: 1- 6 7 17 – 20
Consider how God’s people had encountered His presence before the tabernacle was built. WHEN and WHERE had God made his presence known to individual people?
a. Do you think the Hebrews expected God to appear to them?
b. Why or why not?
God began making Himself know to the Hebrews while they were still in Egypt through miracles of plagues, protection and deliverance. At Mount Sinai, God expressed what kind o relationship He desired to have with His people. READ: Exodus 19: 3 – 23: 33
a. READ: Exodus 24: 3 How did the people respond to Moses’ report of how God desired them to live in relationship with Him?
b. READ Exodus 24: 4 – 8 What kind of relationship did God then establish with them?
READ: Exodus 25: 8 After the Israelites confirmed their relationship with God, what did He command them to build? Why?
a. Had God ever lived among His people in this way before?
b. READ: Exodus 19: 5 & 6; 29: 45 & 46 What was God’s purpose for living among His people?
c. How did this fit into His pan to reclaim the world form sin?