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By Admin, June 30, 2010 10:45 pm

I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed preaching through the Book of Exodus. It was great to see the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ come to life in the Old Testament!

By the time we made it to the construction of the Tabernacle, we were all on board with the richness of the Christological types and shadows that dotted the landscape of those chapters. What a treat! From Christ as our lampstand to Christ as our perfect offering, we feasted on the richest of fare.

Thanks for sharing the journey with me.

It was a journey that began with a people enslaved under the tyranny of the Egyptian Pharaohs. And every time we discovered God’s promise to rescue His people, the promise was ultimately for His own honor and glory! We learned that Exodus is about God.

And as we made it to that final chapter, we beheld God’s glory filling the Tabernacle! I think that this scene is the climax of Exodus: God has won! He has prevailed over human sin – even over the idolatry of the golden calf. The cloud covered the tent of meeting.

How our God has so marvelously put together His Word! From the events of Chapter 24 onward, the cloud had hovered at the top of Mount Sinai. In Chapter 40, it moved over the Tabernacle! 50 days passed between the completion of the Tabernacle and the first time the cloud moved to initiate the movement of the Israelites (Numbers 10:11). Until then, God’s people waited! Pentecost was 50 days after the sacrifice of Christ as the Passover Lamb. Until then, God’s people waited!

I have again been blown away by the consistency of God’s Word. It really is one story.

Just like the Israelites learned to follow God, let’s follow hard after our Lord!

Your fellow follower because God has won,

Pastor Charles