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Aug 31, 2013 · Any mention of the wilderness generation almost immediately calls to mind Israel’s grumbling and lack of trust in the Lord. Indeed, as the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness” (1 Cor. 10:5).
The wilderness motif inspires the message of some of Israel's earliest prophets. An oracle of Amos reports God as reminding Israel: “Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite” (Amos 2:10).
The stage of journeying through the wilderness is an essential part of the transformation from slavery to freedom. The Book of Numbers, Bamidbar, describes the Israelites’ 40-year journey through the desert on their way to the Promised Land.
- Rabbi Irwin Kula
In this series, we will talk about seven lessons that the Israelites learned on their journey through the wilderness and how they apply to our current life and walk with God. Israel had been in slavery for over 400 years in Egypt when God sent Moses to set His people free.
- The Tent of Meeting
- The Tabernacle Compound
- The Courtyard
- The Holy Place
- A Portable Tabernacle
- The Meaning of The Tabernacle
Tabernacle means "place of meeting" or "tent of meeting," since it was the place where God dwelt among his people on earth. Other names in the Bible for the tent of meeting are the tabernacle of the congregation, wilderness tabernacle, tabernacle of witness, tent of witness, the tabernacle of Moses. While on Mount Sinai, Mosesreceived minutely deta...
The entire 75 by 150-foot tabernacle compound was enclosed by a court fence of linen curtains attached to poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and stakes. At the front was a 30-foot wide gate of the court, made of purple and scarlet yarn woven into twined linen.
Once inside the courtyard, a worshiper would see a bronze altar, or altar of burnt offering, where offerings of animal sacrifices were presented. Not far from that was a bronze laveror basin, where the priests performed ceremonial purification washings of their hands and feet. Toward the rear of the compound was the tabernacle tent itself, a 15 by ...
The front 15 by 30-foot chamber, or holy place, contained a table with showbread, also called shewbread or bread of the presence. Across from it was a lampstand or menorah, fashioned after an almond tree. Its seven arms were hammered from a solid piece of gold. At the end of that room was an altar of incense. The rear 15 by 15-foot chamber was the ...
When the Israelites camped in the desert, the tabernacle was situated in the very center of camp, with the 12 tribes encamped around it. During its use, the tabernacle was moved many times. Everything could be packed into oxcarts when the people left, but the ark of the covenant was hand-carried by Levites. The tabernacle's journey began at Sinai, ...
The tabernacle and all its components had symbolic meanings. Overall, the tabernacle was a foreshadowing of the perfect tabernacle, Jesus Christ, who is Immanuel, "God with us." The Bible constantly points to the coming Messiah, who fulfilled God's loving plan for the salvationof the world: Today, God continues to dwell among his people but in an e...
- Jack Zavada
Israel's Arrival in the Wilderness of Sinai ends the most important stage of the journey. They have escaped the slavery of Egypt, have come to God and are about to receive the Law of Moses on Pentecost in a spectacular display of divine power (Heb 12).
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According to the Book of Exodus, after being led out of Egypt by Moses, the Israelites spent 40 years wandering in the wilderness before finally reaching the Promised Land. But have you ever wondered exactly where they traveled during this time?
