For in doing this, thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

And then our text today comes from Exodus chapter 25 in verse 40 in the New Living

Translation. Notice these words, be sure that you make everything according to the pattern

I have shown you here on the mountain.

And I'm speaking today from the subject simply alignment.

Alignment.

You may be seated.

This is in the context of God speaking very, very specifically to Moses concerning the construction of the

holy tabernacle, which was God's place that he would actually dwell physically among his

people, Israel. And the tabernacle was to be put in the center of the whole

community of where the people lived. And isn't it interesting that it started out with God,

the tabernacle being in the center so that people's focus was on God and that God was the center of their community.

He was the center of the community.

Now we put City Hall at the center.

But God is still God.

One time my dad was in a meeting and somebody said, Mr. Brunner, you ought to be at the head of the table.

My dad said, wherever I am is the head.

And I believe in this that way with God.

If you try to put God on the backside of a mountain, he's God wherever he is. Do you think that

if God is in a different position than where you expect him to be, that you diminish God in any

way? But here God had given very, very specific instructions, dimensions to Moses concerning how the tabernacle should be constructed.

I meant in terms of lengths this way, it was given in terms of cubits.

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