A People at Home

Exodus 40:34-38

Moses completes the construction of the Tabernacle and the glory of God descends on it all. But the shock is this: once it’s all completed…Moses still can’t go in. What does it mean to have found our hearts true home, but still long for something more?

A People Failing

Exodus 32:1-14, 30-35; 33:1-6, 15-17

The sin of idolatry is the worst sin in the Bible. And God is deeply, deeply offended by it. But why? Why is he so insulted at our attempts to conform him into OUR image? The question answers itself, but it also begs for a redeemer that Moses could only shadow.

A People Worshiping

Exodus 25:1-9

Up to this point, God hasn’t told the Hebrews anything to “do,” but here at Sinai, he tells them loads. Mostly surrounding a visible representation of God’s intention with the world (to heal the world) through a worship tent. What is the meaning of this structure?

A People Commissioned

Exodus 19:1-9

Chapter 19 is the “seam” of the book of Exodus. All that came before hinges on this chapter where God tells the Jews what he’s commissioned them for, to be a “kingdom of priests,” healers of the His good world. Here we learn what it looks like for God’s people to be called to be holy.

A People at War

Exodus 17:8-16, Deuteronomy 25:17-19

When Christians start to talk about “spiritual warfare” things can get weird. But as the Hebrews encounter a dangerous enemy outside of Egypt, Moses teaches them a vital spiritual lesson about…prayer.